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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.
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 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 ]
Racehorses can reach speeds of 40 to 44 mph, according to Newbury Racecourse. Though most can only maintain that speed for about 20 seconds. Though most can only maintain that speed for about 20 ...
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 ]
He showed that gross cost of transport is minimized at about 1.23 m/s (4.4 km/h; 2.8 mph), which corresponded to the preferred speed of his subjects. [7] Supporting this, Wickler et al. (2000) showed that the preferred speed of horses both uphill and on the level corresponds closely to the speed that minimizes their gross cost of transport. [8]
If the average doesn't meet the minimum standard time given by the AQHA for that distance, then the minimum standard time is used instead of the specific track average. To calculate a specific speed index for a specific horse in a specific race, the time the horse finished in is compared to the averaged speed for the distance the race was, and ...
The Beyer Speed Figure is a system for rating the performance of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America designed in the early 1970s by Andrew Beyer, the syndicated horse racing columnist for The Washington Post.