What is your gallop speed?

On Channel 4 racing they used to have a speedometer in the corner of the screen for some of the big races. Frankel clocked over 42 mph in some of his races over a mile and he was supposed to be the fastest horse in the world. I would be doubtful about the accuracy of that speed tracking app tbh. I have noticed that when you drive through those electronic speed recording signs like this:

https://www.eta.co.uk/2009/12/22/diy-traffic-calming-council-sells-road-signs-to-slow-speeding-cars/

That the speed recorded on the sign is generally about 3mph slower than the speedometer on the car. Not directly relevant to the assessment of the app, but it does reinforce the point that speed measuring devices are rarely that accurate. Only way to track your speed accurately would be to time yourself over a set distance, and even then you would have a delay starting and stopping the watch at the right point.

Plus you have to be careful galloping a less than fit horse flat out, because they can break down from the over-exertion to their tendons.
 
How true it is i dont know but i just looked on racing post and they have my exracers top speed recorded as 44mph. He flat raced mainly and retired 5 years ago. Know where near as fit now but he is still fast as i watch him gallop around like a loony!!
 
He sounds quick enough Tims Girl! I guess 37mph for an ex racehorse flat out is not out of the ballpark.

But whoever said their 13.2 pony could reach 45 mph is in cloud cuckoo land!

Just out of interest, where on the RP database can you find a horse's highest speed clocked?

Cheers
 
Darremi said:
I have noticed that when you drive through those electronic speed recording signs like this:

https://www.eta.co.uk/2009/12/22/diy-traffic-calming-council-sells-road-signs-to-slow-speeding-cars/

That the speed recorded on the sign is generally about 3mph slower than the speedometer on the car. Not directly relevant to the assessment of the app, but it does reinforce the point that speed measuring devices are rarely that accurate.
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Yep, speedos in cars are intentionally set a few mph behind what they actually are so that drivers caught speeding can't blame a faulty speedo.
 
Darremi said:
He sounds quick enough Tims Girl! I guess 37mph for an ex racehorse flat out is not out of the ballpark.

But whoever said their 13.2 pony could reach 45 mph is in cloud cuckoo land!

Just out of interest, where on the RP database can you find a horse's highest speed clocked?

Cheers
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My 14.1 APH (QH) clocked 70.80km/h (43.99 mph) up hill half way through a 20km endurance ride today, and I can assure you that's not her top speed. We were doing a fast canter, not flat out, she wasn't fresh and I don't have the proportions of a jockey so she could go much faster under better conditions.

The fastest Quarter horse ever recorded did 57mph.

A 13.2 could achieve the speed claimed, perhaps not for very long, but then that wasn't the question.

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I'm sorry but there is absolutely NO way that a horse has clocked 57mph!

Have you done a timed run over a set distance to check whether that app is correct? No point relying on something that is not very accurate.
 
I just looked up frankel on rp and it said 138 so dont think it is mph. Might be kph though frankel is my horses nephew.

Top speed is in column
 
I'm not 100% sure on the accuracy of the endemondo app - I took my youngster out for a walk hack today, and ALL we did was walk. Endemondo reckons I did 16mph at one point, although my hack average was 3.7mph - bit random as there's nothing that can account for this!
 
Tim's Girl said:
I just looked up frankel on rp and it said 138 so dont think it is mph. Might be kph though frankel is my horses nephew.

Top speed is in column
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The figure of 138 is not the fastest speed clocked by the horse, it is the ability rating given to the horse by the handicapper and signifies a notional weight that the horse would have to carry in a handicap race against all other horses based on his ability.

Sorry to tell you this, but 44 is your horse's handicap rating not his top speed.

Which stallion is your horse by?
 
According to racing post my horses (ex flat horse) top recorded speed was 80 KPH.

That's around 49 MPH. I have always said he's fast, he was un real up the gallops but that seems EXTEMELY fast!
 
Girlracer said:
According to racing post my horses (ex flat horse) top recorded speed was 80 KPH.

That's around 49 MPH. I have always said he's fast, he was un real up the gallops but that seems EXTEMELY fast!
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As I just explained, 80 is your horse's handicap rating, a figure calculated by the Racing Post handicapper. It is not a top speed figure. Furthermore, all measurements in British racing are done using the imperial system, so the Racing Post would never list top speeds in kmph anyway.

Edit: Girl Racer you beat me to it!!
 
Darremi said:
I'm sorry but there is absolutely NO way that a horse has clocked 57mph!

Have you done a timed run over a set distance to check whether that app is correct? No point relying on something that is not very accurate.
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You know this is a fun thread about how fast folks horses can gallop, don't you?

Quarter horses are the fastest horses in the world. They are clocked upto 55mph regularly. I have read more than once that the fastest ever QH was clocked at 57mph.

My app is unlikely to be precision timing, but in the context of a thread about how fast your horse can go, I think its tolerable.
 
You are quite right this is all just a bit of fun Ffion Winnie and I do apologise if I came across in a less than friendly manner :).

I just thought it was funny that people were claiming their 13.2 pony was faster than Frankel!

I am still a little skeptical about that AQH record, and the internet seems to have a few different answers.
 
Darremi said:
You are quite right this is all just a bit of fun Ffion Winnie and I do apologise if I came across in a less than friendly manner :).

I just thought it was funny that people were claiming their 13.2 pony was faster than Frankel!

I am still a little skeptical about that AQH record, and the internet seems to have a few different answers.
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I agree, I cannot prove the record, but they ARE faster than Frankel, under the right conditions :p

I will be testing out endomondo and trying to equal or beat my new personal record ;)
 
My Connemara clocked 29.5mph today on very soft going, he was racing a pheasant which decided to run in front of us and then took off - was quite surreal galloping past a flying pheasant LOL!

Quarter Horse's are the quickest horse over Quarter of a mile - it's in the name ;)
 
I use Viewranger to track my hacks - you download the ordnance survey map for your area and then it tracks it onto that map - its handy if you get lost as it shows the bridleways. I'm not sure how accurate the speed times are though, but it is very consistent.
 
Hi darremi sorry my phone wont quote posts stupid thing.

My horse is by sadlers wells. I thought 44 was abit fast for a horse that only won 2 races over a 7 year career lol. Dont know alot about horse racing tbh. Eventing more my watching sport as i dont compete
 
No idea of top speed for my lad, as haven't dared find out yet! Nice steady canter is much more relaxing :)

As for the apps...

When I used MapMyRide, it was pretty accurate re speed, and when looking at it on the computer later, you can even look at your speed throughout the route e.g. Did I really go that fast? Oh yep - that peak is at the bit on the map where we cantered and I let him out a bit... Or finding out that the bit you trotted on was actually faster than the canter :rolleyes:

I now use Viewranger, as don't need internet turned on, less reliant on phone signal, and easier to plot routes on the computer and to use in general. Also much more reliable so far - MMR kept cutting out and I'd lose a hack into the ether...

Have had a couple of dodgy top speeds on viewranger - 37.5mph on a hack where we only walked & trotted! However, suspect top speeds seem to crop up when the GPS signal isn't great - often a bit of the route has been lost when you zoom in, so it cuts across a corner etc, raising your speed when it works it out at the end...
 
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