Re: RC: heart rate - fit to continue criteria

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/99 3:31:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tivers writes:

<< But saying that is like saying "take a look at the Whole Earth Catalog. 
This, in my opinion, is where the beauty contest comes in. >>

That's where experience comes in.  Scores of good ride vets have hung onto 
horses that just "ADR" (ain't doin' right) and have had them crash in an hour 
or so.  One of the worst crashes I've ever had to deal with was just an "ADR" 
that went critical 3 hours later.  Started to see parameters falling apart an 
hour or so after she pulled.

Science does not yet have all the answers.  Sometimes the rest is an art, in 
real life.  There were many gifted souls who could ascertain that all was not 
well long before we had labs or even had a clue what was going wrong.  Most 
good docs are well versed in the science, but also understand that it doesn't 
provide all the answers and are still willing (and sufficiently gifted) to 
observe their patients for those subtle changes that one just can't quite put 
one's finger on...  And the best riders are sensitive to that, too.

Heidi


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