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Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qatar To Promote Equality For Disabled Athletes

“Blade Runner” takes on all challengers.

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Nicholas Schwartz

1. Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian and Paralympian, raced an Arab race horse in Qatar. Oscar won, and it wasn’t even close.

The race was held to promote the “Definitely Able” campaign in Qatar, which works to eliminate discrimination against disabled and Paralympic athletes. The horse really stumbled out of the gates, but it seemed like Oscar had the horse beat anyway. We’d like to see him take on a cheetah next.

H/T The Telegraph.

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    • ChastityLynn417   Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata...  about 5 months ago
    • Wombatish 5 months ago

      No, Arabian horses aren’t slow, but this one fumbled the start and they aren’t known for their speed (at least in a flat-out sprint) like a Quarter Horse (called that for a reason) or a TB are. Also, 43mph is one of the top QH records, and again, that’s for the quarter mile. So yes, ~45 is achievable, but not average. Also, it’s all going to vary a lot horse to horse. If that particular animal is usually doing endurance or dressage, it can be fit as a fiddle and still not used to going top speed.  IDK, I believe he can beat a horse or two (obviously, as shown), but I also believe there are many more horses who can beat him especially in a fair showing (a little longer track might be in order, to give the horse more startup room… yes it has a longer stride but also a slower cadence (steps per minute, essentially) so he’s going to reach top speed faster in many cases). IDK, certainly still impressive on his part, and not really ‘unbelievable’ in either direction.

    • elisebundle   Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata...  about 5 months ago
    • Oscar T. thinks Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... is Win  about 5 months ago
    • Melanie S. 5 months ago

      This is disgusting. The abusive treatment of the horse negates any positive meaning this race could have had.

    • brooklync thinks Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... is Win  about 5 months ago
    • abrahamd2   Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata...  about 5 months ago
    • LaouidaDunn   Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... and thinks it’s Win  about 5 months ago
    • plemur   Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... and thinks it’s Win  about 5 months ago
    • nikkib9 5 months ago

      I honestly don’t understand how this is possible. A horse can run 45 miles per hour… so this is very strange. I am also very unimpressed with the way the jokey and gate man were whipping the horse- many horses love to run, without any encouragement at all…

    • EmHen522   Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... and thinks it’s Win  about 5 months ago
    • heathere7   Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata...  about 5 months ago
    • stephenl6 thinks Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... is Win  about 5 months ago
    • micaelal thinks Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... is Win  about 5 months ago
    • crownp thinks Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... is Win  about 5 months ago
    • crownp 5 months ago

      This guy is a badass!

    • mollya3 thinks Oscar Pistorius Raced A Horse In Qata... is Win  about 5 months ago
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