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The difference is that during the ride you are not having to walk 1/4, 1/2 
or even a mile to the place where you are getting your pulse taken.

Katrina Mosshammer (AERC # 5763)

"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity 
killed the cat, I say only that the cat died nobly." - Arnold Edinborough

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From: "terre" <tobytrot@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:17 PM
To: <texastwist@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [RC] against change the pulse time down

> But this always raises the question: what did you do in the vet checks 
> DURING the ride, and why is the finish any different?
>
> terre
>
>
> > I am one that always needs the 60 min to get my horse settled down.  =
> >
> >
> > > > He is heavy muscled and I am a big heavyweight, and he was a type A 
> > > > stallion. With the 60 min I can come into camp, un-tack, cool him 
> > > > down, give him a couple bites of hay or feed, and get myself a  drink, 
> > > > along with him. If you change the time to 30 min, all it will do to me 
> > > > is cause me to have to hold my horse out on the trail just  the other 
> > > > side of the finish line, where we have no food, no water or  no vets. 
> > > > I will have to stay out there till I am sure he can get
> > > down in 30 min.
> > > >
>
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