Re: speed

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

At 03:10 PM 4/27/98 MDT, you wrote:
>> >Gallup: Same low range, I think those quarter horses push 35MPH
>> 
>> I have no idea how fast my horse gallops.  Over 15 mph.  but I've never
>> done it for an entire mile to know.
>> 
>
>On a flat sandy road (where actual miles could be taken) at the
>last 20 miles of a 100 mile ride, CASH ran the last 20 miles at
>an average speed of 20 miles per hour. Some horses just have it.
>

Some years ago at the Long leaf, Malisa Crain, Nina Warren and Val Kanavey
did the last 16 miles in 40 minutes - which equates to 24 mph!

Truman