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What to do at the end of an Endurance Ride - Vlog 131 - Beth Endurance

Firstly, have a big smile and give your horse a hug! Well done for getting to the finish line! But the work isn't over quite yet. You need to make sure the Timekeeper knows you have finished, usually they will say 'hello number 23, you have finished at 3:08pm' make a note of this time as it is the start of your 30minutes to present to the vet. Some rides will give you a little card that you then take with you but some don't, so just ask if you need to collect anything. I always start my stopwatch as I cross the finish, and remember to be mindful about how long it will take to get to the vets from where you're untacking and crewing. You don't have to take the full 30minutes, if you are ready you can present to the vet anytime within those 30mins, but don't take longer because once the 30mins are up, you are eliminated from the competition if you haven't presented. Now if you don't have crew, remember to set up your post ride area before you set off, make sure you have drinking water for the horse, something to wash them down with, a lead rope, easy access to a rug if you need, a hoof pick, a way to take a heart rate and somewhere to put your tack. If your lucky enough to have crew just have a discussion about what to set up and where for your return. The first thing we do is remove the bit and clip on a lead rope, before doing anything else we offer the horse a drink. I like to have plain water, electrolyte water and sugar beet water all on hand so they have lots of options to hydrate. If they drink we do nothing else other than wait for them to finish. Once they have finished drinking we take off the rest of the tack, don't forget to take off any leg boots too. Then we wash down the horse like we would post training just to take the sweat and dirt off, this takes less than 30s. Once we've done that initial wash down, we take the heart rate to gauge how much water we need to throw on. I have a stethoscope and an electronic HR monitor, I like to use a stethoscope so that I can hear what the heart is up to, is it regular, is it dropping or staying stable, but the electronic one is great for continual monitoring. If the heart rate is high and the horse is hot I then literally pour buckets of water from the neck to the tail, I don't scrape, I just keep adding water until the heart rate has dropped, the horse has cooled or the water isn't running off hot anymore. Wind, air temp, water temp and each individual horse will be factors in how to cool down, so getting to know your horse and how they react is super important. Once I'm happy with the heart rate I like to check the legs & feet, pick out the hooves and take them for a little walk so that they don't stiffen up and so that I can check how the heart rate reacts to movement. If the heart rate shoots up I might pour some more water on or continue to walk until it drops and remains stable. If the heart rate is stable and I'm happy then it's time to present to the vet. This might be all done in under 2 mins or 25mins it really just depends on the horse and your experience. A steward will take the timing card off you if you have one and give you your vet sheet. You will then be given a vet lane to go to, where they will begin your final vetting. Vetting out the way, I like to take my horse back to the lorry, if there's plenty of grass let them have a much and a walk, and give them a sloppy hard feed, before washing any bits off we missed, rugging up and loading into the lorry. I usually give about 20-30mins before heading back to the secretaries tent to hand in my number and pick up my results. Thanks for watching, Beth