Re: RC: High Pulse

[Mickie Newnam <akelakhan@earthlink.net>]

Carolyn,
Some horses take more conditioning to get good recoveries than others.  Is your
Morgan the older-style, more heavily muscled, or the lighter type?  Either way,
it may be he just needs extra work (and time) to adjust.
Mickie

Beckstrom, Carolyn wrote:

>         Hi everyone,
>         I am a "newbie" and have a question I hope I can get some feedback
> on.  I
>         have a 6 y.o (this month) morgan gelding that I have owned for 2
> years and
>         am hoping to do some CTR's with.  I actually did my first 25 mile
> last
>         weekend.  he was very energetic, well hydrated and had no problems
> except
>         that his pulse was 60 at the hold and again at the end.  after 45
> minutes it
>         dropped to 54.  His resting pusle is 40-44 and while conditioning at
> home it
>         is also around 60 for quite a while after a ride, so I know it was
> not just
>         because of the excitement of the day.  I ride him with a friend at
> my barn
>         and we do exactly the same conditioning.  We always ride together,
> feed the
>         same, same pasture.  Her horse is a 14 y.o. arabian and he recovered
> to 34
>         after the ride this weekend and always drops to 40 in 5-10 minutes.
> Do you
>         think my horse just needs more conditioning because he is young?
> The arab
>         has never done distance before either so I am concerned.  I don't
> want to
>         hurt him if he is not physically built for distance, can some horses
> just
>         never have good recoveries and maybe have something wrong? Hope I am
> just
>         being paranoid.  I appreciate all your experienced advice.
>         Carolyn
>
>
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