Re: RC: Efficient gaits question

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Winning 100 mile fit?  I have yet to find a horse that with enough work at the faster
gaits did not lower it's heart rate at that gait...LOWER than the trot.

Teddy

Maureen Mathisen wrote:

> Sorry Teddy, This horse was MOST fit.  It goes without saying that
> before you can REALLY evaluate a horse at any gait(meaningfully--not
> just to check conditioning progress) it should be very fit or at least
> on its way to being very fit!
> Maureen
>
> Teddy Lancaster wrote:
> >
> > If the horses' heartrate goes up at the canter it is because he is not conditioned
> > for the canter.  He is, in other words, not really "fit" yet.
> >
> > Teddy
> >
> > Maureen Mathisen wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Ti,
> > >
> > > All I know is that I think the trot is much more energy efficient,
> > > especially in l00 milers.  I think in 50's or less, maybe not so
> > > important. When I used a monitor, I had the opposite effect (on the
> > > flat) than you had.  It always dropped at the trot, and went up at
> > > gallop, but sometimes settled down after a few strides.  I think
> > > basically if a horse has to cover a lot of ground for a long time, the
> > > trot will normally  be the easiest on him if he is allowed to "break"
> > > when he needs to. But-like I said, each horse is different and should be
> > > evaluated differently.   My one mare did an excellent job at a "hand
> > > gallop" and really seemed to enjoy herself more than she did when
> > > trotting.
> > > Maureen
> > >
> > > Tivers@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 4/2/99 12:58:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > fasterhorses@gilanet.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > << Yeah, Maureen, it's always been my understanding about the trot,
> > > >  endurance and the 2 foot on the ground thing.  But like I said, after
> > > >  seeing Virl just loping away there, it seemed like my horse, who really
> > > >  loved to trot and had a very fast one, like you described, was actually
> > > >  working much harder than his horse.  Of course, that grey of Virl's had
> > > >  real long legs, and my Froggie was just 14.3, 3/4 Arab 1/4 Welsh and
> > > >  looked a lot like a cute pony (still does, at 26).
> > > >   >>
> > > >
> > > > Interesting. We do a lot of work on the high speed treadmill and monitor
> > > > heartrates all the way. One of the problems in breaking horses to the
> > > > treadmill is convincing them it's safe to go ahead and switch from trot to
> > > > gallop. So, generally in the breaking process they're always going faster at
> > > > the trot before breaking into a lope than they would out in the field. The
> > > > drop in heartrate under these circumstances, once the transition is made, is
> > > > gigantic.
> > > >
> > > > ti
> > > >
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