trotting race

American  

noun

1. a horse race using trotters.

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trotting race British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): harness race.  a race for standard-bred horses driven in sulkies and harnessed in a special way to cause them to use the correct gait

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Etymology

Origin of trotting race

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

He is 6 for 6 on the season heading into the famed trotting race for 3-year-olds.

From Washington Times • Jul. 29, 2014

This deal and the trotting race at the end constitute all the dramatic action in David Harum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dancer is carefully pointing toward the Hambletonian, the U.S.'s most prestigious trotting race, on Aug. 25; hence he has raced the horse only lightly.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Riccione, Italy, driving the favorite in a trotting race, he came in first, was awarded 4,000 lire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then follows a running race, and then another heat of the trotting race.

From Two Years in Oregon by Nash, Wallis