Why don't we have horse races in which human track stars race the horses?

Question

I know they won't be as fast as the horses, but you could give them a headstart of some kind. It would be interesting to see if the humans can compete!

Answer 1

That would be interesting. I know most people would watch it to see someone get trampled, though.

Answer 2

Actually, the famous horse "Zippy Chippy" once raced a human being....and lost.  But what the heck, Zip never beat a field of horses, either.

Answer 3

The old television program "YOU ASKED FOR IT" Did just that. The Quarter horse was faster than man, car, and cheetah in the first quarter mile.

Answer 4

If you have ever read any of the Laura Ingall Wilder series, you would notice that humans did race occasionally back then with the horses. Don't know why that doesn't happen anymore now, except that such talent should be in the Olympics.

Answer 5

Maybe we should have Horses riding the Stars, that's be more fun to watch.

Answer 6

Well it could be that horses are much faster than even the fastest human beings (38-42 mph vs. 28 mph respectivley), so it wouldn't be very sporting would it?