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Re: heavy breathing!

Tivers (Tivers@aol.com)
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:30:42 EST

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In a message dated 97-12-05 22:19:45 EST, VervaetP@deruyter.k12.ny.us writes:

<< VervaetP@deruyter.K12.NY.US
I'm just curious about a point I've noticed. We ride all of our horses the
same. After last summer, when they were all at their fittest, I noticed
that when we'd stop for a rest the other two were breathing much heavier
than mine. Since they are all conditioned about the same, would their
personalities account for any of this (i.e. nervousness, etc.) or would it
be that mine perhaps expends less energy gaiting than the others?
Opinions wanted!
Paula
>>

Body temperature. These horses were blowing off heat. If the heartrate
recovers but the respiration rate doesn't, this is elevated body heat. Why
some horses and not others? Fitness. Acclimatization. Higher percentages of
Fast Twitch muscle cells. Faster work. Quite a number of factors play upon
this variable.

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