A mile and a quarter (2 km) here, uphill, was always going to suit him.

I don't think I have ever ridden a horse with that turn of foot. I was on a horse that was good enough to go and quicken.

To say I was surprised at the events that unfolded is putting it mildly,

You can hike for a quarter of a mile and find a beautiful waterfall.

He's a bigger horse, a stronger horse. It looked like he could get a mile and a quarter the way he ran today.

She was struggling to stay there. She was aggressive for the first quarter of a mile. She's a better filly than she showed today.