so a lion can run faster than a racehorse...

depends who's riding the lion dunnit?

a racing lion can

dickie hills can get a good tune out of a lion tho he eventually steers it in to a another lion or behind a pack of lions , falls of etc etc..

Pride before a fall ilwab?

Btw I bet you could beat Goldi if you had a lion snapping at your ars*.[;)]

well this is true gt, all relative innit

Is this a 5f lion.

Only the fillies, colt lions RR and stand there yawning in the stalls.

still imagining a lion romping home infront of frankel

frankel is not a horse. hth

The lion wouldn't get a mile(nap)

he would in a horsebox!

Can only see a lion matching a horse for speed maybe a furlong or two,no stamina at that speed.

Ewe lion cheatah ewe

A monkey can travel faster than a racehorse though.

I saw one riding through hartlepool on a pushbike once.

Well i thought it was a monkey,i only caught a glimpse

It wasnt fast enough greg,they caught it and hung the poor bugger.

For being a spy

lol,I could do with a lion for tonight greg,leaving shortly to go and watch Palermo V Cagliari.Even a lion might not be enough protection,their fans are worse than the Romans were with Christians.[:(][:(][smiley:crazy]

Prediction if you like a speculative dabble.2-1 Cagliari or 2-2 draw.[;)]

Cheers mate
Might have a dabble then,if amalfi boys going get me a tip for later [;)]

Relative to size, what is the fastest non-flying/swimming species on the planet? I once saw a cockroach that seemed pretty quick. Any ideas anyone?

Only reason Im going,doubt they will be sober enough tbh.Staying overnight and should be back late tomorrow/early hours Friday,got an all nighter lined up so probably be a few tips flying around.gl if punting today.[;)]

Found my answer on Google:
If you go by the number of body lengths a critter can cover in a second, the fastest land animal is the tiger beetle.

They run so fast they actually outstrip their own vision - so they will pick a point, run to it, and then have to stop to get their bearings again. If the tiger beetle was the same size as a cheetah and still covered the same number of body lengths, they'd be breaking the sound barrier when they run.

Of course, because they're actually less than an inch long, they're really only going about 15 mph.

The lion wouldn't get a mile



so are we saying the lion can nearly go 50% faster than frankel at top speed but would only make 2f??

there are races in the US of this distance. just imagine it lads... odds on

Lions jump for fun out in the country imo

the specific lion giggs was talking about...........will jump a fence in time!

animals that could beat frankel:

cheetah
antelope
wildebeest
lion
thompsons gazelle

animals that could beat frankel:

chief singer

The point is the speed of the racehorse - 40mph - will be timed with a 10 stone bloke on his back

If a racehorse were being chased by a lion , the jockey would be quickly jettisoned and the horse would disappear over the horizon a lot faster than 50mph

So the result of any such 'race' would be a lion eating a jockey.

hmm interesting points tobermory. so your saying a racehorse can get over the lions 50mph if without a mount?

All those cats would not beat frankel over a mile sn't that why zebras the majority of time escape their predators such as lions even though they are slower.

Tobermory is right, horse doesn't have to out run the lion, just has to run faster than it's jockey, would  ease itself down pretty soon

the assumption of the lion eating the jockey is wrong. 

tony culhane sets off in front lion lies close in second as they come up the home s8 tony pulls said horse violently to the left just as lion is about to pounce , leaving the lion hurtling over the line in first place.

stewards see nothing wrong.

the fact is that a lion's top speed is faster than a top racehorse. however, it would probably only last 2 or 3 furlongs.

...also why dont we race zebra's?

Giraffes would be more entertaining,lets see culhane pull the neck of that phucker.

great fred

There are Hippos faster than the horses Money Tree tips

lions are built for short sharp bursts of speed, on the fast ground of the african savannah. they'd be no good in a selling hurdle run in bottomless ground on a wet afternoon in market rasen.

the reason they are faster than a horse is because they have to be, otherwise they'd never catch any food. most of their food source tends to be animals that are as fast or faster than horses.

hope this helps [;)]

We should send some (many) of those slow horses to Africa. Then everyone excluding the bookies but including the lions would be happy.

yep good points mythical. so is there a zebra that could win the derby?

could a zebra beat a horse on it's day?

I don't know if a zebra could win the derby but they are slightly slower than a racehorse at full speed. a racehorse is about 45 miles an hour. lion is approx 50 and zebra is 40. But zebras have great stamina.. so its not inconcievable that a zebra could beat a racehorse over a mile and a half.

all im saying is there must be zebra's out there that can win the odd classic. correct me if i'm wrong

no, because an animal cannot exceed it's defined limits. if a zebras top speed is 40 miles an hour, then there isn't a zebra out there that can run at 45 miles an hour. just as usain bolt, however quick he is, is not running at faster than 27mph.

having said that I have no idea whether or not a zebra could beat a racehorse over 1 mile and a half. certainly racehorses are not really built for maintaining great speed over long distances. for example when you see it described that a horse has "quickened up" it is likely to not be running quicker than it did at the start of the race, just that it's competitors have slowed down at an even more extreme level.

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dickie hills can get a good tune out of a lion tho he eventually steers it in to a another lion or behind a pack of lions , falls of etc etc..

To be fair he did get boxed in by a herd of Wilderbeast.

your saying no zebra in the world could win a group 3!?

The Zebra has never been domesticated so I couldn't see one going in stalls, You'd probably be looking at decent bumpers, maybe the Aintree bumper with the hope an easy lead and fast ground?

awesome

If they raced stags, what would Aussie Jim say they were jumping like

Bill Turner has a zebra in his yard. So maybe a zebra will be favourite for next years Brocklesby??

Hughesie would get stuck behind a wall of lions.

Bill has has the zebra for a few years,very fast.[;)]

i know that a lion gets its heid kicked in by a reasonably sized bear

Is that a brown bear or a blue bear FD?[;)]