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   From: jcb@inf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   On 2011-09-03, Prai Jei  wrote:   
   > A good horse can manage 45mph for a few miles, so any Orc-cavalry could   
      
   Not in the real world it can't. The world record for 2 miles is 37mph.   
   And I doubt that Orcs treated their horses like modern world-class   
   thoroughbred racehorses.   
      
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