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The gait where a horse proves it can't actually fly but tries anyway.
means A moderate, bouncy running pace—faster than a walk, slower than a gallop—used by horses (and borrowed to describe hurried humans).
from From Old French 'troter,' probably from a Germanic root related to 'tread'—the kind of word that just means 'walk briskly' in several old languages at once. By the 1800s English had bolted on 'trot' for a crib sheet or cheat sheet, and 'trot out' for dragging something into view, both riding on the image of a horse being paraded at that brisk, show-off gait.
- diagonal pairs
- opposite front and hind legs move together
- suspension phase
- all four hooves briefly leave the ground
- energy efficient
- cheapest gait per mile for most horses
- posting trick
- riders rise and sit to dodge spine-jolts