Re: RC: Long holds, Heart Rate, tying up, electrolytes

[Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>]

At 12:43 AM 12/21/99 -0500, you wrote:

>Already posted the cite months ago. 

must have missed it.

>> I was under the impression that heart 
> rate recovery was one of the best metabolic indicators of a 
> horse's fitness to continue, though obviously not the only 
> one we use and obviously can be falsely elevated (ohmigod-my
>  buddy is leaving me! Omigid-a mare! (for stallion owners!;- >>
>
>Nope. the science says otherwise.
>
>ti
What science? One paper countering years of practical field experience
and scores of other equine exercise studies??
Sarah


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