1.   They had not been able to travel fast, Wynne-Jones finding riding hard and requiring constant rests.

2.   Catesby and Melford had already departed, riding hard for Nottingham, leaving Agrippa, the Careys, Moodie and the old quack Scawsby at Royston.

3.   Able to ride hard at the beginning of a race without feeling tired, fatigue often snuck up on him and stopped him almost in his tracks.

4.   He has always been a team player, again giving credit to the teammates who ride so hard for him, but he is still forthright.

5.   He literally rides hard and wears a leg brace from the time a horse landed on top of him.

6.   She used to ride hard on the rail, now she seemed to be avoiding trouble by sliding to the outside.

7.   The certainties of mid-summer have faded upon Andres Galarraga, who for several months rode hard with Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa but now wonders who moved the fences.

8.   For members of the Bicester Hunt with Whaddon Chase, fox hunting offers the chance to ride hard, control a vermin and preserve a rural way of life.