We’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 months agoI think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world 5 months ago
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah horse messengers were only really a thing when you could change horses at stations. That’s the whole point of the marathon. It’s based on the history of a foot messenger (at a time when we very much had domesticated horses).
usrtrv@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon