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All the issues you refer to are some of the reasons I would not like to 
see the CRI become a threshold based parameter, that is - four beats 
over and you are history. At least at endurance rides in our region - 
the vets do the CRI and most of your concerns go away.

The FL CTR organization does require a CRI at exactly 10 minutes of 
finishing. It is used in the scoring. We had a long discussion about the 
use of hand held monitors a few years ago. It was decided that for the 
on trail check of heart rate - the hand held was fine since that number 
is only used to determine if you horse is fit to go on or needs an 
additional 10 minute rest and rechecked. The number is not used for 
scoring.

However, it was decided that for the CRI at the end a stethoscope must 
be used. The pulse shall also be calculated using a 30 second count - 
not 15.

Mary Howell wrote:
> Volunteers are precious and handhelds certainly do make things easier for
> them (it can be hard to HEAR that heartrate if you've got a lousy
> stethoscope or there's a brisk wind) but they convey mere numbers, not the
> character of the beats. With a stethoscrope, you can get a better image of
> how the heartrate is behaving - a steady drop or spikes.
>
> I'd be curious to hear how ride managers address the task of pulse taking
> and CRI's to ensure fairness.
>
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