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Think it's more to do with hilly, wooded courses unfavourable to horses and a requirement that the horse's heart rate remain below a certain threshold when insp
by notahacker 4mo ago
Think it's more to do with hilly, wooded courses unfavourable to horses and a requirement that the horse's heart rate remain below a certain threshold when inspected by a vet in the middle and end of a course, whereas the leading humans are maxing out their efforts
I don't think the Mongol cavalry would lose races to humans over any distance of steppe
- neaden 4mo agoYeah I think on say, a proper road the horse would win at any distance.
- twosdai 4mo agoThere's probably some upper limit to it, i am not sure a horse could live through the ultra marathon moab race in the western us.
- 8note 4mo agothe road adds some infrastructure - i think at that point the person should get a bike?
- shagie 4mo ago1990: For a few joyous years there was the Man v Horse v Bike competition in Mid-Wales - https://youtu.be/vFlglZUIKO8 https://youtu.be/vFlglZUIKO8
- donkey_brains 4mo agoWell that’s just not fair. Even the fastest human on earth can’t be expected to keep up with a horse riding a bike.
- AngryData 4mo agoTo be fair you can run a horse to death in a race, a human however isn't likely to die from running a race even to their physical limits.