trotting race


noun

a horse race using trotters.

Origin of trotting race

First recorded in 1830–40

Example sentences from the Web for trotting race

  • But let me show you a trotting-race, where the sweet little winner goes his measured mile in two minutes and a half.

    The Golden Butterfly |Walter Besant

British Dictionary definitions for trotting race

trotting race

noun

NZ 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