How Come Female Animals Can Run as Fast as Male Animals, but Women can't run as Fast as Men?

There's one word that explain this. BOOBS! Try running with them, then you'll understand.

Excluding the abilities of the jockey - there are two main factors in a horse's success . . . 1) natural talent and ability to tap that talent through training and 2) animal drive to lead the pack and be in front. The second one, surprisingly, probably has as much weight as the first. Male or female, if the horse really wants to win, it makes a big difference. There are plenty of male (and female) horses out there with big time pedigree and great training times that didn't cut it in the race.

This filly's grand-dad was Seattle Slew, and her dad was AP Indy. That's serious genes in her favor, both physically and mentally . . . . kind of like the younger Centrowitz.

Rags to Riches wrote:

Not to beat a dead horse (ha! I kill myself), but now I'm really confused.

If the above is true, there is no biologically predetermined reason a human female should be slower than a human male? So if the cultural conditions change, women can be as fast as men in a few thousand years?

What about gorillas? Are female gorillas as fast as male gorillas? Because they have pretty big heads too.

I think you're confused. It's "biologically predetermined" in the sense that it's rather tough to undo tens of thousands of years of evolution.

Basically, everyone agrees that women are slower than men because of evolution--the question is just what selection pressures operated to make women slower, not whether they did.

And the folks in the horse-world realize there is a difference. She was carrying 121 lbs, 5 less than the boys.

god made man have authority over the earth, the animals, children, and women.

Lower muscle mass, lower hemoglobin levels, hormones....

Belmont is not one of the three biggest races of the year. The Breeders Cup has eight Grade I races on the day! And furthermore, the Triple Crown does not feature to top horses. Take a look at the Breeders Cup and you'll see the top horses, which are often times 4, 5 or 6. Occasionaly you'll see a three-year old (Street Sense potentially this year) do well in the Breeders Cup, outside of that, you'll see horses like Invasor, who would chew up and spit out Rags to Riches like the little hussy she is. Remember, Rags was running at 121 vs. 126 lbs. for the boys. Justified handicap, but in the Breeders, 4 and up race 126, while the 3 years old run at 122, which tells us three year olds are a notch below.

one word wrote:

There's one word that explain this. BOOBS! Try running with them, then you'll understand.

Perhaps a video might help...

How fast would the fastest women run if they were drugged to the gills? Steroids, growth hormone, EPO, amphetamine, etc etc....

The gap would close very quickly...

Horses are drugged.

evolution, get it?

I guess I'll handle this one...

"How fast would the fastest women run if they were drugged to the gills? Steroids, growth hormone, EPO, amphetamine, etc etc...."

Just under 11 sec for 100m.

Hi, I'm not sure if I am right on this but as I understand the male horses are are castrated. It is supposed to be impossible for jockey to ride a stallion. So in all horse riding events such as show jumping or horse riding the male horses are castrated.

I guess that a castrated male horse is not producing as much male hormones as a stallion so this would certainly hinder its power and hence running speed.

Have you never heard of how these horses in the Triple Crown are bought for millions after their racing careers solely for their stud rights? Their genitalia are entirely intact.

I think that one of the reasons maybe that because human women are nearly always fertile and therefore express more estrogens throughout their lifetime and less androgens. Most animals ovulate 1-2 a year and that may lead to a smaller difference between males and females in other species

Simple, the male horses she ran against had there balls cut off. Thats loss of testosterone evens the field a bit.

chuck d wrote:

humans, whether male or female, really don't need to outrun predators anymore - only outsmart them. i would imagine human females being slower comes from some combination of genes, evolution over thousands and thousands of years, and culture.

This proves that women are smarter than men.

Hormones. Race horse come with every level there is. Not all male horses are geldings. Do you people not know where babies come from? Yes, the majority of lower level horses are castrated, and some of the top performers who didn't show their full potential unless altered.

Many people don't realize that it is common to give all the credit to the sire of the superstar for the abilities of their offspring but Rags to Riches has a half brother(same mother) who also won the Belmont last year. There are have been quite a few classic winning siblings but I think consecutive years is a first.

sounds right to me...and they dont nag as much

Correct. Flojo in action. She looks like a total man.

Paco wrote:

I guess I'll handle this one...

"How fast would the fastest women run if they were drugged to the gills? Steroids, growth hormone, EPO, amphetamine, etc etc...."

Just under 11 sec for 100m.