Who wins in a race between horses and humans over a long course in Wales and over hilly terrain? The infographic provides the answers succinctly and in a quick read.
It seems that the competition is evened out and made fairer by the simple fact that it takes place over hilly and very variable terrain which slows horses and allows human runners to gain ground over them.
Clearly on the flat the horses win by a canter. And the horses need to be cared for with respect because I suspect that there is the potential for injury and it would not be right for a horse to suffer injury in what is meant to be a fun run albeit highly unconventional and interesting for the fact that the outcome is not completely certain although the result is heavily biased towards horses.
But as you can see there wasn’t much difference between the time of the best human runner at 2 hours and 48 minutes compared with the best horse with a time of 2 hours and 37 minutes. The human time by Peter Taylor-Bray is described as ‘astonishing’ by The Sunday Times journalist Catherine Coley who participated in the event on horseback. Her horse was Bingo. They finished 11th in a time of 3 hours and 23 minutes.
Peter is only the second human to beat horses over this course since its inception in 1980.
