The October Virtual Race Challenge is back. This is to inspire you to get out and get moving with your favourite equines, horse, pony or donkey and see how many miles you can cover in one month.

We all know lack of movement is the lead contributor to so many welfare conditions in our smallest horses. Exercise can help prevent conditions like laminitis and makes for a happier and healthier horse overall. Plus, it’s fun to get out and active with your horses.

You can enter from anywhere in the world, the group is super supportive and here to have fun. It’s great to get photo updates and stories from everyone. You don’t have to be a super competitive athlete, though we love those too, we just want to encourage people to find a new way to have fun with their horses in a positive way.

How it works

1. Enter below and choose what category you want to be part of.

2. Download Strava and find The Born to Run Strava Group here https://strava.app.link/vOlkhPKSWMb

3. We’ll invite you to join the group challenge for October. Once you're there you’ll see the live leader board and can start recording your runs/walks with your horse.

Rules

Only the miles/kilometres you do on foot or cycle with your horse counts. No riding. Cycling however is a separate category.

You can enter more than one horse. However, this only makes you eligible for the teams event and not the individual horse and human challenge. The overall winner is the partnership with the most distance at the end of the month.

Likewise, it’s only one human competitor that counts as well. You can’t have multiple people clocking up the distance for one entry.

The Challenge starts 12.01am October 1st and finishes 11:59pm October 31st.

Horses and Donkey must be 2 years and over.

Remember we are promoting good equine welfare, so please no sore horses! If in doubt, ask your veterinarian.