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

First heat of the No. 1 trotting race at Goshen, N. Y., described by gobbling Sportscaster Clem McCarthy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Hambletonian at Goshen, N.Y., most famed trotting race of the year, is for three-year-old trotters only�and for only the best of them.

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