A/N: So this actually came to mind because of a song, wow surprise surprise. But it was also because I haven't done a Lightning fic in a while XD Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own none of the recognizable characters, Disney/Pixar owns them.

They've done this before. Many times. But today... today she felt something different. Better.

She sat on his bare back, and she could feel his muscles tense and relax again as he pranced in place. Could see the muscles in his neck flex as he arched his neck, ears pricking and nostrils already flaring. Since she didn't have a bridle he could go at any time he wanted, but he was waiting for her cue.

Today, they were going to test the limits of what he could do.

And, she told herself, using a wide open space with a tone of water, grass, random jumps and about four hundred acres of free open running space.

She leaned up, reaching up with her hand to run her fingers through his short, bright yellow mane. He flicked an ear back to her for a second, and settled for a moment. Focus on me... that's it buddy.

"Remember, if I start slipping, slow down for me ok?"

A snort and a quick bob of his head before he was prancing in place. There were also various horses and humans around the place, but she knew Lightning would watch for them. She wouldn't have to much except clock his speed and stay on.

With a saddle that was much easier said than done, but she'd been riding him without a saddle or bridle since the first day, so she'd be fine.

"Good boy," she tightened the grip she had on his mane, preparing for his jump start (he was a racer, he was used to jumping out of the gates for a good start). She gripped his sides with her calves and thighs a bit more, "Go for it."

He was off before the words were completely out of her mouth, but she was expecting it. She stayed on.

He settled into a nice pace pretty quickly, and she let him stretch his muscles. She wouldn't push him to fast to hard yet - he had amazing stamina and could probably run for a day if he wanted to, but she didn't want to do that today. It was just time to see what he could do, the limits he couldn't reach while going in a circle.

She felt his strides lengthen, anxious energy wafting off him. She grinned, kissing to him and nudging him a bit with her knees. Talia would let him run faster when he wanted to.

Glancing down, she saw his shoulder muscles rippling with every stride. The ground was a blur, all she saw was green. Her hair whipped across her face, his mane tickling her nose from how far she was leaning up his neck. Talia whooped, joy spreading through her at the pure speed and power of the horse beneath her.

And suddenly they were splashing through water. His momentum slowed as he hit, but not by much. The water cooled Talia as it soaked through her clothes, the initial splash going way over her head. She closed her eyes for a moment as the water sprayed back over her, and shivered as the wind hit her again. It didn't last long though, as the adrenaline from the ride quickly made the cold fade away.

The water did make his back a bit slippery, but that would dry soon enough.

The water patch wasn't exactly big, so they were out of it and running up a hill within seconds. She felt his muscles bunch and propel him upwards, his neck going down the slightest bit to help him up the hill. She leaned with him, careful not to offset his balance. Once they reached the top of the hill, he surged forward again, no doubt a spray of mud and grass chunks behind them.

Talia saw him approach a jump, and if she hadn't it probably would've offset her because he took a long shot. He often did, but when she wasn't prepared for it she often fell. Going into a two point, she flew with him as he tucked his forelegs to his chest, pushing off with his hind legs before tucking them in as well.

He landed, and off he went again. Stretching his stride, blowing rapidly through his nostrils and keeping his ears pricked.

They passed a few horses and riders through the open stretch, and she could hear bits of sentences as they breezed by.

"Is that-?"

"That totally looks like-"

"That's fast."

"Lightning and Tal-?"

It is us, Talia thought to herself, grinning, Lightning McQueen and Talia Burnes, the best horse and human duo to ever exist.

She might be biased, but nobody needed to know that.

Lightning took off and propelled himself over another jump. It almost took her by surprise, had he not shortened his stride a second before he took off she wouldn't have seen it. And then fallen. Which wouldn't have been good.

She was tempted to check her phone. To see how fast they were going, but she wouldn't take either hand away from the stallions neck. If he did a sharp turn he could very easily throw her like that. Accidentally, of course, but the ground was not fun when falling off of a horse moving as fast as he was added with his height.

She would wait till they were done.

She urged him faster, kissing again and clucking a few more times. He didn't need to be told again.

He jumped forward a bit more, ears flattening and neck and head extending. She once again noticed his muscles flex and relax as he ran. He was hauling butt, and it was faster than she thought he was able to go.

But why else would he be named Lightning?

This horse beneath her could move faster than any other horse on the Earth. He'd proven that again and again. He was special, specifically bred to be fast but nobody thought he could be. Talia and Doc had always known differently, but they'd been the only ones. Now, he's set records and broken them, set new ones and broken them to as he got older. He was probably the most famous horse in the world, his name on every newspaper and almost every racehorse magazine. Even performance horse magazines every once in a while. He'd proven them wrong.

Talia went into a two point again as he jumped over a brush jump, and then again as he decided to fly over a pond that was probably not meant to jump. He cleared it anyways.

And Talia enjoyed every minute of it.

Once more, she nudged him forward. He snorted but gave more. Extending his strides as far as he could possibly go, while moving as fast he was able. She clucked to keep him moving, to keep him going faster. It felt like she was flying. Like she was on a living powerhouse, filled with uncontrollable energy and passion and love for what it did.

She asked for more, he'd give it all he could. And he thoroughly enjoyed it while doing so, he loved to run. To please. To do as he was asked.

But eventually, all good things came to end. Lightning's strifes covered a lot of ground, so it wasn't long before he was slowing down, easing himself up from a dead run to a mere canter. Talia sat up, found herself breathing heavily and tried to calm herself. The adrenaline rush she never failed to get from these runs would always leave her breathless.

Lightning carefully turned around, and slowed to a walk. His head high, with ears pricked. He wasn't done, no, but he knew Talia would want to check the speed he got.

She sat back completely and pulled her phone out from her front pocket. She stopped the screen recording of the clock (the app calculated the speed they were going at, how helpful) and waited for it to load on her photos.

She scrolled through the thirty minute video (they were running for thirty minutes?! Where did he even take them?). Her eyebrows raised as her mouth dropped open.

"Hey Light? You must've been hauling, cause you broke another speed record."

He turned his head a bit, his white star shining in the sunlight.

"278 miles an hour."

A/N: Yeah, that speed lol. I quite like the thought of it though. And just so ya'll know... the highest speed a horse has ever reached is, I think, 55 mph. However my own horse has only reached 32 XD All horses are different! But it still felt really fast. So... yeah I'll stop.

Hope ya'll enjoyed!! The speed was purely my own imagination :P No hate please!