How long should a 15 mile ride take?

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I've got a sponsored ride on Sunday with my riding school. It's in aid of Cornwall Air Ambulance, and it's 15 miles.

Was just wondering how long it's likely to take? Will probably have a mixture of walk/trot interspersed with a few canters. Am rather worried as I havn't been out of my uni flat since Tuesday morning as I've had the flu and am only just recovering now
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I reckon it will take 2 hours, is this about right or will it take longer?
 
2-2.5 hrs max depending on speed I reckon. We ride around Bewl Water which is 14 miles and it takes anywhere from 2-2.5 hrs depending on how good the ground is and how much canter work we can do. Has taken longer in t he summer when the ground is really hard as you are much more limited. Sponsored rides of around 10 miles I think used to be about 1.5-2hrs ground and speed permitting (normally a lot of long canters). If road work etc allow more time. Have fun!
 
Well a regular person generally covers 1 mile in about 15 - 20 minutes. You horse will be going a bit faster than you though if you are trotting and cantering aswell. It really depends on the pace of everyone else but it could take you anywhere between 2 and 4 hours I'd say.

I used to ride 15 miles roundtrip a day. It used to take just over an hour to get halfway, so about 2 hours but I did canter a fair amount on the way back home.
 
I do pleasure rides a lot and can cover about 6 miles in 1 hour at a steady trot...so quicker with some canters or faster trot work. So you are looking at about 2.5 hours.
 
2 to 3 hrs (depending on what the ground & terrain is like and how much troting/cantering you do and how fit the horses (and riders) are!!!).
 
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