Because it is so heavy. and they want it to go quick. Correction. The Roman racing chariots were extremely light and small, with bands of leather used for the flooring to reduce weight. Four horses made for a more exciting race, although there were also races with chariots pulled by two horses. The emperor Nero was said to have driven a chariot with ten horses.
It will increase the speed at which you can jump rope. It won't effect the maximum speed of your mini-van however.
Belmont Racetrack is a mile and a half long; the horses race a complete circuit around it to make the Belmont Stakes the longest race in the Triple Crown.
avg speed=total distance/total time avg speed=60/20=3mtr/sec
bob feller in the 1940's said that he was clocked at 107.0 m.pH. though back than they clocked p[itches be having their pitches race racing horses and then calculate the distance of the ball that beat the horse.
Thoroughbreds can race at speed of 25 to 45 MPH on average. The horses in the Preakness are high level horses that have learned to rate their speed but many will race in the 30 MPH range for the whole length of the race.
Some race horses which are the fastest horses in the world can reach speeds of around 40mph.
12 gates for a maximum of 12 horses and riders
race horses can reach 30mph+
In the united states, there is no minimum or maximum impost for a race horse to carry. The handicapper will assign various weights in an attempt to make the race as equal as possible for all horses in the race. The highest impost I personally have heard of is 138 pounds.
Transylvania horses are known to be some of the fastest horses. These of course are generally race horses and are breed and trained to run fast. The average speed of a horse is 40 miles per hour.
A greyhound can run at 70 kilometre per hour (maximum, race speed).
So they use the less tired legs for support
They can be good race horses against other Morgans, but not against Thoroughbreds or Quarter horses.
Twenty horses can race at a time
there are lots of western races for speed with the quarter horse like the barrel race, pole bending etc.
Horses of courses is a jumping term... like the track is what race horses race on, well a course is what jumpers jump on