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Malon's Obstacle Course

After Epona is back with the family, Malon times a two-lap jump around eight fences. Clear her posted record and she sends a cow to Link’s house. The course is free, and you can retry it without another prize.

Rules
RuleReadingStatus
When it opensAfter you win Epona back from Ingo2 sources
ShapeTwo laps, eight fences of different heights2 sources
FailMiss a fence or take them out of order1 source
N64 / 3DS target50 seconds, spoken by Malon2 sources
Switch 2 targetUnder 40 seconds1 source
FeeNone2 sources
PrizeCow delivered to Link’s house in Kokiri Forest2 sources
RepeatsUnlimited; later wins only beat your own time1 source

How the laps feel

Both laps circle the central fence line. The practical advice that shows up in more than one remake write-up is to hold the inside of each turn and to spend carrots on the straight, not in a single burst before the first jump. Malon’s own warning, quoted on Zelda Wiki, is that missing a fence in the proper order fails the run. I do not attach a second number to any individual fence, because no public page gives frame-level markers for fence three or fence five.

The 2026 ranch layout is a different piece of ground. Zelda Wiki’s remake article says the property is no longer raised on the old plateau, and Epona’s handling changed with the new controls. Treat the inside-line habit as a starting idea, not as a copied N64 racing line. If a patch moves a fence, this paragraph should move with it; the date on this page is the check date, not a promise about a future update.

Lon Lon Ranch in Ocarina of Time 3D, where the obstacle course is run
3DS Lon Lon Ranch, the ground the course uses. The dedicated obstacle-course file on the wiki was not available, so this is the ranch view. Image: Zelda Wiki, Nintendo.
Lon Lon Ranch in Ocarina of Time 3D
3DS ranch, the course’s setting. Image: Zelda Wiki, Nintendo.

Winning the horse itself is the previous job, on Malon’s Friend. Standing spots for Malon during the day and night are on the location page.

Questions people ask

What time do you need?

Malon says the record is 50 seconds on the original and the 3DS version. IGN’s remake walkthrough says under 40 seconds. Those numbers stay in separate rows.

What is the reward?

A cow is delivered to Link’s house in Kokiri Forest. Later runs only improve your own time.

Sources

Review updated 2026-11-14; individual source access dates are listed below. A claim supported by two independent write-ups is marked by that count. A single write-up stays marked as one source.