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

He's might peart-lookin, that young feller, Rosey—long black moustaches, all his own color, Rosey—and he's a regular high-stepper, you bet.

From By Shore and Sedge by Harte, Bret

We are like a horse that has been trained to be a "high-stepper."

From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord