trotting horse
Diagonal-gaited racing steed
A trotting horse is a horse trained or bred for harness racing at a trot—a two-beat diagonal gait where the horse moves its legs in diagonal pairs.
Distinguished from pacers, which move legs on the same side together.
Standardbreds dominate the sport: The trotting horse pulled ahead on the final turn.
- canterModerate equine gait
- gallopSwiftest quadruped gait
- easy paceRelaxed speed of travel
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
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