Elf On A Shelf
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So I have had my Seaver Girth Sleeve in use for just over a week. I have had it on 2 horses consistantly from Tuesday to Saturday last week so I will give you there info. And another horse doing the a bit of work as a comparison. Each day has been the same route - a walk, trot, walk, trot, walk up the road to the gallops, up the gallops x amount of times then 5-8mins walking home before I switched it off, it was turned on as we left the yard. Our gallops are approx 5 furlongs on a good uphill gradient on a woodchip surface. We also canter back down our gallops.
So we will start off with heart rate. This is a simple one. The Max BP is the highest the heart went to. The average is from start to finish which takes into account the road work. Seaver consider Over Training to be any time the heart rate goes above 170bpm.
Horse 1 - did exactly the same work every day listed here - 2 canters bar the 27th where it did 1canter.
27th Nov - max BP - 220 - average 81 - normal road levels.
28th Nov - I put the wrong horse in the tracking so it makes all results null and void.
29th Nov - Max - 225 - av 94 - went high on 2nd road trot.
30th Nov - Max BP 221 - av 94 - normal road levels.
1st Dec - Max BP 244 - av 121 - went to max on 2nd road trot?!? High on first too.
This is the one that went funky. It will be interesting to see how this goes over the next few weeks.
Horse 2 - Did different work every day which is listed next to it.
28th Nov 3c 1/2speed - Max BP - 223, average 116 - spiked again 5mins off the gallop for a trot to get out of the way of a tractor.
29th Nov 2c - Max BP - 219, average 92
30th Nov 3c 1/2 speed - Max BP - 221, av 101
1st Dec 3c - work day - Max BP 220, av 106
On the graphs the top peaks are when we get to the top of the gallop, the troughs are when we canter back down, stop, turn and then head back up again. This one shows we went up 3x.
The next stat we have is how they move. Cadence - you want your horse to be moving as regularly as possible within each stride. Considering that we canter down our gallop a lot slower than we go up, and the horses can slip or trip more easily on the way down I am disregarding the canter section. It also doesn't always track walk for some reason. SPM - as it says on the tin. Average strides taken in each gait per minute. Trot Symmetry - the device only tracks when they are trotting in a straight line and you are looking for them to be as 50/50 as possible. They recommend you see a vet if your horse is below 40% on any one side or the % changes dramatically with a day or 2.
Horse 1 - Cadence - Strides Per Minute - Trot Symmety
27th Nov - Walk - 74/100 - 41 spm
- trot - 86/100 - 83 spm - 50.5%Left 49.5%Right
- Canter - 0/100 - 106 spm
29th Nov - walk - 66/100 - 35spm
- trot - 80/100 - 86 spm - 49.6% L 50.4% R
- canter- 45/100 - 108spm
30th Nov - walk - 79/100 - 45 spm
- trot - 80/100 - 80 spm - 53% L, 47% R
- canter - 31/100, 108 spm
1st Dec - Walk - not recorded at all
Trot - 84/100 - 85 spm - 50.3%L 49.7% R
Canter 20/100 - 106 spm
A bit of squiggley gobble-de-gook! That is supposed to be the graph of the Candence!
Horse 2
28th - The wee pad popped off so only tracked heart rate this day.
29th Nov - Walk - 64/100 - 38spm
- Trot - 77/100 - 88spm - 54.6%L 45.5%R
- canter - 30/100 - 116spm
30th Nov - Walk - 67/100 - 33 spm
- Trot - 86/100 - 90 spm - 49.75%L 50.3%R
- canter - 51/100 - 114 spm
1st Dec - Walk - 0/100 - 36 spm
- trot - 72/100 - 82 spm - 43%L 57%R
- canter - 39/100 - 115 spm
Speed - This is just the max speed the horse got to during it's work. Pretty simple but interesting.
Horse 1
27th Nov - 21.51 mph
29th Nov - speed - 21.28mph
30th Nov - Speed - 21.9mph
1st Dec - Speed - 24.7mph
Horse 2
29th Nov - 22.56mph
30th Nov - 23.58mph
1st Dec - Speed - 27.32mph
Calories burnt during exercise - as it says on the tin!
Horse 1
27th - 1c - 2597 kcal
29th - 2c - 3693
30TH - 2c - 3856
1st - 2c - 5772
Horse 2
29th Nov - 3302
30th Nov - 4203
1st Dec - 4384kcal
The device aslo tracks jumping. How big, etc. It managed to track Horse 1 broncing on 2 seperate occasions as a jump!
27th Nov - bronc right canter lead changing to left. 28%Left 72%Right - hind limb symmetry during propulsion
40 degree left shift
1.06g propulsion used to 'take off' - 0.38kj reception absorbtion when landing
29th Nov - Bronc right lead to left - 29% L 71% R hind limb symmetry, 38degree left shift, 1g propulsion, -0.02kj reception absorbtion
This is just a comparison - 2 horses doing the same work - 3 canters on a work day.
Horse 3 - last bit of work before a race so did a good bit but not mad.
Heart rate - Max 217 - average 101
walk - 0/100 37spm
trot - 86/100 85 spm 51.6%L 48.4%R
canter - 46/100 113spm
29.91mph
4117kcal
Horse 4 - 1st bit of work since being back in work so didn't go mad.
Heart Rate - Max 220 - average 106
Walk - 0/100 36 spm
trot - 72/100 82 spm 43%L 57%R
canter - 39/100 115 spm
Speed - 27.32mph
4384kcal
So in all it does give you a lot of information! Half of the graphs and stuff within the app just look like squigley lines to me but to be fair Seaver have been brilliant at answering all my questions - and they don't have many racehorses using it so are also keen to see the results. I might try and put it on a horse that is schooling over chase fences tomorrow!
This tells you how much time you spent in each gait. And how much of the time you bent left, right or went straight.
So we will start off with heart rate. This is a simple one. The Max BP is the highest the heart went to. The average is from start to finish which takes into account the road work. Seaver consider Over Training to be any time the heart rate goes above 170bpm.
Horse 1 - did exactly the same work every day listed here - 2 canters bar the 27th where it did 1canter.
27th Nov - max BP - 220 - average 81 - normal road levels.
28th Nov - I put the wrong horse in the tracking so it makes all results null and void.
29th Nov - Max - 225 - av 94 - went high on 2nd road trot.
30th Nov - Max BP 221 - av 94 - normal road levels.
1st Dec - Max BP 244 - av 121 - went to max on 2nd road trot?!? High on first too.
This is the one that went funky. It will be interesting to see how this goes over the next few weeks.
Horse 2 - Did different work every day which is listed next to it.
28th Nov 3c 1/2speed - Max BP - 223, average 116 - spiked again 5mins off the gallop for a trot to get out of the way of a tractor.
29th Nov 2c - Max BP - 219, average 92
30th Nov 3c 1/2 speed - Max BP - 221, av 101
1st Dec 3c - work day - Max BP 220, av 106
On the graphs the top peaks are when we get to the top of the gallop, the troughs are when we canter back down, stop, turn and then head back up again. This one shows we went up 3x.
The next stat we have is how they move. Cadence - you want your horse to be moving as regularly as possible within each stride. Considering that we canter down our gallop a lot slower than we go up, and the horses can slip or trip more easily on the way down I am disregarding the canter section. It also doesn't always track walk for some reason. SPM - as it says on the tin. Average strides taken in each gait per minute. Trot Symmetry - the device only tracks when they are trotting in a straight line and you are looking for them to be as 50/50 as possible. They recommend you see a vet if your horse is below 40% on any one side or the % changes dramatically with a day or 2.
Horse 1 - Cadence - Strides Per Minute - Trot Symmety
27th Nov - Walk - 74/100 - 41 spm
- trot - 86/100 - 83 spm - 50.5%Left 49.5%Right
- Canter - 0/100 - 106 spm
29th Nov - walk - 66/100 - 35spm
- trot - 80/100 - 86 spm - 49.6% L 50.4% R
- canter- 45/100 - 108spm
30th Nov - walk - 79/100 - 45 spm
- trot - 80/100 - 80 spm - 53% L, 47% R
- canter - 31/100, 108 spm
1st Dec - Walk - not recorded at all
Trot - 84/100 - 85 spm - 50.3%L 49.7% R
Canter 20/100 - 106 spm
A bit of squiggley gobble-de-gook! That is supposed to be the graph of the Candence!
Horse 2
28th - The wee pad popped off so only tracked heart rate this day.
29th Nov - Walk - 64/100 - 38spm
- Trot - 77/100 - 88spm - 54.6%L 45.5%R
- canter - 30/100 - 116spm
30th Nov - Walk - 67/100 - 33 spm
- Trot - 86/100 - 90 spm - 49.75%L 50.3%R
- canter - 51/100 - 114 spm
1st Dec - Walk - 0/100 - 36 spm
- trot - 72/100 - 82 spm - 43%L 57%R
- canter - 39/100 - 115 spm
Speed - This is just the max speed the horse got to during it's work. Pretty simple but interesting.
Horse 1
27th Nov - 21.51 mph
29th Nov - speed - 21.28mph
30th Nov - Speed - 21.9mph
1st Dec - Speed - 24.7mph
Horse 2
29th Nov - 22.56mph
30th Nov - 23.58mph
1st Dec - Speed - 27.32mph
Calories burnt during exercise - as it says on the tin!
Horse 1
27th - 1c - 2597 kcal
29th - 2c - 3693
30TH - 2c - 3856
1st - 2c - 5772
Horse 2
29th Nov - 3302
30th Nov - 4203
1st Dec - 4384kcal
The device aslo tracks jumping. How big, etc. It managed to track Horse 1 broncing on 2 seperate occasions as a jump!
27th Nov - bronc right canter lead changing to left. 28%Left 72%Right - hind limb symmetry during propulsion
40 degree left shift
1.06g propulsion used to 'take off' - 0.38kj reception absorbtion when landing
29th Nov - Bronc right lead to left - 29% L 71% R hind limb symmetry, 38degree left shift, 1g propulsion, -0.02kj reception absorbtion
This is just a comparison - 2 horses doing the same work - 3 canters on a work day.
Horse 3 - last bit of work before a race so did a good bit but not mad.
Heart rate - Max 217 - average 101
walk - 0/100 37spm
trot - 86/100 85 spm 51.6%L 48.4%R
canter - 46/100 113spm
29.91mph
4117kcal
Horse 4 - 1st bit of work since being back in work so didn't go mad.
Heart Rate - Max 220 - average 106
Walk - 0/100 36 spm
trot - 72/100 82 spm 43%L 57%R
canter - 39/100 115 spm
Speed - 27.32mph
4384kcal
So in all it does give you a lot of information! Half of the graphs and stuff within the app just look like squigley lines to me but to be fair Seaver have been brilliant at answering all my questions - and they don't have many racehorses using it so are also keen to see the results. I might try and put it on a horse that is schooling over chase fences tomorrow!
This tells you how much time you spent in each gait. And how much of the time you bent left, right or went straight.
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