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Does a horse run faster than a dog?

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Created: 2022-04-28 03:57:10

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The average galloping speed of a horse is 25-30 mph, much faster than the speed of the average dog.


Can a dog run longer than a horse?

Dogs can gallop for only about 10 to 15 minutes before reverting to a trot, and so their distance-running speed tops out at about 3.8 meters per second. Horses' average distance-running speed is 5.8 meters per second—a canter.

Do dogs and horses run the same?

In dogs there are four main gaits: the walk, trot, canter and gallop. Horses use these same four gaits, but, importantly, dogs have two different ways of cantering and two different ways of galloping and the canter and gallop that dogs perform preferentially are different from those used by the horse.

Which animal can run faster than horse?

Fastest organism The fastest land animal is the cheetah, which has a recorded speed of between 109.4 km/h (68.0 mph) and 128 km/h (80 mph) with the fastest reliable speed being 98 km/h (61 mph).

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