Man beats horse in cross country race

Man has beaten horse over a cross-country course for the first time in the event's 25 year history. Nearly 500 runners set off on a course of 22 miles (35 kms) from Llanwrtyd Wells and over the surrounding hills of mid-Wales. Fifteen minutes later nearly 50 horses and riders set off in pursuit. This year the first runner across the line was Huw Lobb, a first-time entrant in the race. The Londoner is a regular marathon runner and covered the distance in two hours 5 minutes and 19 seconds. The first rider to finish was Zoe White, riding Kay Bee Jay, who completed the course in two hours, 7 minutes and 36 seconds. Hot Under the Collar 8626/04Keywords: sports, contest, racing, funny, quirky, strange...

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[HunterAndDrew]

When i saw the title i thought it was like... horse abuse or something :P

[popuipopui]

horses top speed can go around 30mph-40mph... sooooo.. man would have no chance.

[Angel89Ninja]

@vondom1s and if you want to cool them down, use whiskey, it works wonders, but usually if a horse is fit it wouldn't really be overworked at all, I know kids who ride endurance and their horse complete a 40 km course in just under three hours, and the horse passed all vet checks along the way.

[Angel89Ninja]

@vondom1s Uhm, you forget that if the horses were in peak condition, and their trainers knew waht they would doing, a canter would have been more efficient, as a horse works a whole lot more in a trot than in a canter,and even long distance the horse would still kick the humans arse, otherwise there would never have been a need for us to learn how to ride them. They have more stamina and endurance than humans,

[vondom1s]

@RunLikeAFilly

I know that it's also because of the hard surfaces, most people with even a little horse knowledge know that. But it still doesn't change the fact that if there was i serious endurance race, let's give a hypothetical like there's a race from point A to point B which would be 200 kilometres (124miles) apart all on soft dirt. The horse and the human are both in peak physical condition. The human would beat the horse through perspiration and cooling efficiency.

[RunLikeAFilly]

@vondom1s The reason they are trotting is because cantering on road and surfaces they where having the race on is bad for their joints and horse can very easily slip on it. Horses can run a mile and a little over that at 35 to 40 miles. They would have no prob doing a easy canter for 20 miles on a surface that isn't bad for them.There are races where horses canter and trot only for longer distances and finish in good times

[SusMerkava]

Horses spend 8 min in vet check and humans have a 15 minute head start!?!

Real fair.

[Selanara]

wow, amazing -.-

The horses were damn trotting -.-

im so amazed the man won -.-<<not amused.

[ohmypeterxx]

@mousey16 hahaha mine too xD

[katherinepennels123]

that's not possible - if they set of at the same time and the terrain was fair for both horse and runners the horses would have beaten them by miles.

[mousey16]

god i wouldn't dare take my horse he would be like "YAY Gallop everywhere" XD maybe even run over a few humans in the progress lol

[vondom1s]

the actual reason why a man can outrun a horse in an ENDURANCE race is because the body mass of a horse is way more then that of a human. Therefore it is allot harder for them to cool down as efficiently through sweating. There has been scientific studies done on this. If however it was a short distance sprint the horse would kick the humans arse. Also the reason why they were trotting so much is because they were pacing their horses (i train endurance horses) so as to not use all energy at once