Faster completion time = Lower HR

["Mike Dickson" <mdicko@ozemail.com.au>]

During my recent rides I have noticed that the faster my completion time is the lower my horses pulse rate at completion is. ???
If I hold him back and take longer,  his heart rate is usually much greater.  At my last ride ( 50 Mile ) I gave him his head and let him run his own race and he finished with his fastest ever time of 4:40 and his lowest ever HR of 48bpm at 30 min.  Has anyone else noticed this. And any reasons why ??


Mike Dickson