Human v Horse

08/07/2022

Have YOUR say!!! Tell us what has stood out and made Human V Horse an adventure race like no other!!

This photo taken by Chandima Kulathilake of Brent O'Connor never fails to make us laugh... It sums up HvH in a nutshell :)

03/07/2022

We've been out hunting them hills, we have... Along with a little bush bashing!!

This week should see some exciting developments, which means we may just be able to tell you the location of HvH2023!

Going to sleep well tonight!🥱😴💤

26/06/2022

Today was a good day, out scouting for some big country we know you seasoned HvH crew love...
(FYI you can't see the sheep as the hills are so big!😳)

24/06/2022

It's has been a busy week, with a huge number of questions on the how, what, why, where, when....

We are working our little socks off to get these questions answered asap, whilst making sure Human v Horse will be the best multi sport adventure race it can be.

Hang tight - you'll know as soon as we do :)

16/06/2022

Congratulations to the winner of Man vs Horse in Wales - Ricky Lightfoot! An amazing effort!

With another win for the humans in the bag, and a huge amount of interest in the NZ event.... Who is keen to see our version run in 2023???

https://www.facebook.com/406269792774835/posts/5119710188097415/?sfnsn=mo

Ricky Lightfoot reveals he had been awake for 29 hours before the event after flying from Tenerife.

27/04/2018

Human v Horse made it into the fantastic knowledge base of Wikipedia! Yay!!

The Man versus Horse Marathon is an annual race over 22 miles (35 km), where runners compete against riders on horseback.[1][2] The race — which is a shorter distance than an official marathon road race — takes place in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells every June. There are other Man versus Ho...

19/04/2018

Human v Horse 2018 is fast beoming an adventure race with a reputation... for being tough. This year Don Sagar on board Wai Totara Moonstar walked away with the fastest time over the 42km course, with Sandy McCuan and Mizraim Silver Gym taking out the fastest time in the inaugrual 21km event.

Last year saw the 42km event completed at the Pukeokahu venue in a time of 03:50:12 by Eunice Algie with the fastest Runner (Stu Milne) coming in 33 minutes and 18 seconds behind. This year Don Sagar completed the new course in a time of 03:26:58 with Nick Johnston being our fastest runner. His time of 03:58:35 is remarkably close to last years fastest riders time....... and just 31 minutes and 37 seconds behind the winner!

19/04/2018

Just some of the many many photos of a very memorable weekend at Ohinewairua Station

17/04/2018

Nick White, our fastest runner over the 21km put together a video of his snap shots from the weekend with a very fitting theme tune...... Thanks Nick!

16/04/2018

The official Human v Horse 2018 race results. Congratulations to all our winners, who each walked away with some amazing SWAZI prizes.

15/04/2018

Ohinewairua - you rocked it. Human v Horse 2018 did not disappoint. A quick run down of the top three placings for both the 21km and the 42km races, with a bigger write up to follow....

In the 42km event -

Third place was taken by our fastest runner - newcomer Nick Johnston in a time of 03:58:35. Crazily, this was just 31 minutes and 37 seconds behind the fastest horse and rider across the finish line.

In second place came Maureen Davie, our 2016 HvH winner onboard the same horse in a time of 03:27:05. She was hot on the heels of our overall winner - Don Sagar in a time of 03:26:58. Just seven seconds between first and second!

In the 21km event -

Third and second place both went to runners, with just one horse in front of them. Paul Hawkes took out third place in a time of 02:41:49.

Second place went to Nick White in a time of 02:27:20, and first was taken out by Sandy McCuan leading 29 minutes and fourteen seconds with a sub two hour time of 01:58:06.

A huge congratulations to our winners and to everyone who took part - it was tough. All results will be posted in the morning, but after a long day of unmarking the trails and unforeseen adventures, its time to turn out the lights.