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trotting race
noun
- a horse race using trotters.
trotting race
noun
- a race for standard-bred horses driven in sulkies and harnessed in a special way to cause them to use the correct gait Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)harness race
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trotting race1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
There are various penalties imposed upon a horse that breaks into a run in a trotting race.
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The horses run on the turf, and there is no such thing as a trotting race.
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There are two race-tracks in Lexington, and annual running and trotting race meetings attract large crowds.
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He went to Kentucky, and the day before a great trotting race bought Boralma for $17,000.
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But let me show you a trotting-race, where the sweet little winner goes his measured mile in two minutes and a half.
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