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Can a loaded pack goat even hope to keep up with a walking horse?
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NO. Because the horse, being a horse and neurotic and all, will spook at the sight of the goat thinking it is some demon from horse hell assigned to suck the flesh off of living horse skeletons. This will result in the horse running at full speed away from the goat, necessitating numerous surgeries to repair person that was just riding the horse.
In my limited experience with goats, the goats will not concern themselves one whit with the horse's actions, nor the poor condition of the "rider" who was just seated upon the horse. Rather, the goat will entertain himself with the first tasty weed in range and take joy as he relishes his new found tasty delicacy.
It is unlikely at that point that the goat will choose to follow the horse and combined with the fact the rider is unconscious upon the ground...
...the question becomes irrelevant.
Anyway. I don't know. Back to original intent of the OP so goat people chime in.
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Obviously a charter member of Horse Lovers United.  I don't think a loaded goat could possibly keep up but I thought I'd ask.
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Personally, I doubt it. I've seen horses carry quarters pretty briskly. However, I also watch horse owners spend a lot of time on other items. In terms of shear minimal hassle and speed, nothing beets your own two legs.
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There is a lot of variability in horse walking speed. I've had horses that needed cueing to maintain the speed I wanted. My favoritest horse ever, Ruby the wonder horse, would walk other horses to a lather. She took 25 minutes off of a 3:50 trail one time. The other horses were puffing like locomotives. 
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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Ummm.. will you actually be "racking" the walker or just "walking the walker...
However, common sense will lead you to look at the stride of each animal and make sense of it... ;-)
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