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For American Quarter Horse racing, the Speed index rating system is used. The Beyer Speed Figure is calculated by looking at the final time and distance of the race, adjusted by the track variant, which is a measure of the inherent speed of the racetrack in question.
The average speed of a canter is 16–27 km/h (10–17 mph), depending on the length of the stride of the horse. Listening to a horse canter, one can usually hear the three beats as though a drum had been struck three times in succession. Then there is a rest, and immediately afterwards the three-beat occurs again.
Speed index (sometimes speed rating) is a system of rating the performance of Quarter Horse racehorses. The American Quarter Horse Association (or the AQHA) has used two systems over the history of Quarter Horse racing to evaluate racing performances. The original system used a letter grade, starting at D, then C, B, A and the highest AA.
The speed of the canter varies between 16 and 27 kilometres per hour (10 and 17 mph) [3] depending on the length of the horse's stride. A variation of the canter, seen in western riding , is called a lope , [ 3 ] and is generally quite slow, no more than 13–19 kilometres per hour (8–12 mph).
The value of an intermediate speed is that the horse conserves energy. [5] More than thirty horse breeds are "gaited", able to perform a four-beat ambling gait; some can also trot. [ 4 ] A Missouri Fox Trotter, with rider, can maintain a speed of 5 to 8 miles per hour (8.0 to 12.9 km/h) while using the fox trot, and can cover short distances at ...
Speed; system unit code (alternative) symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combinations SI: metre per second: m/s m/s US spelling: meter per second: 1.0 m/s (3.3 ft/s) m/s ft/s (m/s foot/s) non-SI metric: kilometre per hour: km/h km/h US spelling: kilometer per hour: 1.0 km/h (0.62 mph) km/h mph; Imperial & US customary: mile per ...
the gallop, which averages 40 to 48 kilometres per hour (25 to 30 mph), [86] but the world record for a horse galloping over a short, sprint distance is 70.76 kilometres per hour (43.97 mph). [ 87 ] Besides these basic gaits, some horses perform a two-beat pace , instead of the trot. [ 88 ]
This is equivalent to a 1000-pace in 1.07,7 or 53.14 kilometers per hour or 33 miles per hour. From the standpoint of the balance of the horse, the trot is a very stable gait and does not require the horse to make major balancing motions with its head and neck. [ 1 ]