Re: RC: Efficient gaits question

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/2/99 6:07:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Teddy@runningbear.com writes:

<< 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. >>

Depends a lot on the horse.  I would agree that if the HR at an easy canter 
is higher than at an extended trot, it is an area that needs more work, but 
to some with a great aptitude to trot and very little aptitude to canter, you 
may never achieve the lower HR at that gait.

Heidi


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