>> Such as a ride which threatened to pull any "inverted" horse -- at
>> the last vet check, all but one of the five front-runners was
>> inverted. We all got to go on. Four horses finished fit and healthy.
>> The one with the low respiration died on the trail.
>What does inverted mean? To me it means upside down, must be nice for cleaning
>hooves, but bad for the saddle :-)
"Inversion" refers to a respiration rate higher than the heart rate. A
possible sign of developing metabolic problems in stressed horses in a
dry climate, but a normal condition for many fit horses exercising in a
humid climate.
--Joe Long jlong@hiwaay.net http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jlong/home.shtml