I was in a fate party today and I noticed a player was running to all the fates while everyone else was mounted and he would run faster than us?

If he then got on his mount he would easily get way ahead of us within a few seconds, pretty much a walking pace for us and running speed for him.

He was on a bard and didn't have swift song or sprint activated, besides they wouldn't be active when he was mounted anyway?

Anyone else seen this?