PICTURES: Riders and runners battled it out last weekend as the annual Man v Horse race returned
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Hosted by Candy and Iain Cameron, of Loch Ness Riding, at Dores and South Loch Ness Access Group, competitors raced a 24km circular route on horseback or foot.
The event was first hosted in 2013, and organisers were delighted to welcome it back for the first time in four years.
In total, 29 runners and 13 riders took part.
The overall winner was Sarah Norris riding Tynebank Harry who completed the course in one hour and 34 minutes, closely followed by runner Paul Paterson finishing in one hour and 48 minutes.
The event was followed by a prize giving and lots of snacking on cake where competitors had the chance to get to know one another.
The winner took home a £100 prize and the Jacobite Warrior Perpetual Quaich. Loch Ness Riding chose to donating 50 per cent of all profits to Highland Hospice.
Mrs Cameron was delighted with the event, adding: “As usual, on the day, the event went really well, which makes all the stress of preparation fade from memory.
“All the competitors are so appreciative and, as a small-scale event, it is very friendly. Volunteers bring cake for afterwards – in dangerous amounts for those that haven’t actually expended the calories, and others man checkpoints or car parks to make everything run in a sort of smoothly chaotic way.
“The appreciation of the participants and the willingness of the helpers is why we are probably going to have to do it all again next year.”
