high-stepper

British  

noun

1. a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground when walking or trotting

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Example Sentences

“But yellow shoes,” she added, “those would be extraordinary. You had to be a high-stepper to have them or to wear them or to pay for them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2021

It would also help if that high-stepper from Strictly Come Dancing came back into the fold.

From The Guardian • Dec. 3, 2010

"It's something to tell your children about," said Anita Saunders, a high-stepper with the Locke Senior High School marching band, "and everybody else."

From Time Magazine Archive

The horse was a high-stepper, such as are not to be bought for a song; the turn-out was at the first glance perfect.

From Hodge and His Masters by Jefferies, Richard

“Once I run with a high-stepper from Bowlin’ Green, Kentucky, and she told me better nor that,” he explained.

From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter