The trot is a gait of the horse where the diagonal pairs of legs move forwards at the same time, a diagonal gait. There is a moment of suspension between each beat, as seen here [1]. Horse gaits are the different methods by which a horse, either naturally or through human training, moves itself. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ...

The speed of the trot is approx 8 to 12km/h, up to 19km/h in a horse driving trials marathon[2].

The trot can be classified as "working", "collected", "medium", or "extended", depending on the amount of engagement and collection of the horse.

• Working trot: the natural trot of the horse. The stride length is "normal" for the horse (note: some breeds have naturally shorter or longer strides). It is a gait between the collected trot and medium trot. [3] [4]

• Medium trot: a trot that is more engaged and rounder than the working trot, with moderately extended strides. It lies between the working and the extended trot. The horse has great impulsion. [5] [6] [7]

• Collected trot: a very engaged trot where most of the horse's weight is carried toward the hindquarters. The frame is compressed, the stride length is shorter than any of the other trots, with the horse taking higher steps. [8] [9]

• Extended trot: an engage trot with extremely long strides, where the horse stretches his frame, lengthening the strides to the greatest degree possible. The horse has a great amount of suspension. The back is round and the horse's head just in front of the vertical. So see extended trot on video, see [10] and [11].

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• Lengthened trot: a trot with lengthened strides. It differs from the more advanced extended trot in that is does not require the horse to bring its weight so far back on its hindquarters. [12] [13]

• Jog trot: seen in western horses, it is a relaxed trot lacking the suspension of a working trot, with short strides. It is easy to ride because of the lack of suspension. [14] [15]

• Racing trot: seen in harness horses that race at the trot, such as Standardbreds, the stride is at its maximum length, with a great deal of suspension. The hind leg in a diagonal pair may begin to ground before the front. Unlike the extended trot, the neck is not round but high and extended. [16] [17] [18]

Standardbred harness racing horses are so called because in the early years of the Trotting Registry, the standardbred stud book established in the United States in 1879 by the National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, only horses who could race a mile in a standard time or better, or whose... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1052x900, 392 KB) En: horse training in Vincennes, France Fr: cheval à lentraînement à Vincennes, France Copyright © 2004 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: Trot (horse gait) ...

• Park trot: seen in gaited show horses such as the Saddlebred, the lhead is held high. It is a showy, flashy trot with extreme elevation of the legs (forearm is horizontal or higher and the hindlegs are extremely flexed). There is collection to this trot. This should not be confused with the rack, which is a four-beat lateral gait. [19] [20] [21]

• Passage: a slow, elevated, extremely engaged and collected trot. Horse moves like he is under water, with a long moment of suspension between steps. A very advanced movement. [22] [23] [24]

• Piaffe: an extremely collected trot in place, where the horse carries most of its weight on its hindquarters. [25] [26] [27]

By the rhythm, one may distinguish the square trot, when each diagonal pair of hoofs hits the ground at the same moment, thus producing a two-beat rhythm, and the fox trot, or the broken trot. From the standpoint of the balance of the horse, this is a very stable gait, and the horse need not make major balancing motions with its head and neck. This is the most common gait that the horse is worked in for dressage. The American saddlebred is a breed of horse that was developed in Kentucky by plantation owners. ... The passage is a movement seen in upper-level dressage, in which the horse performs a highly-elevated and extremely powerful trot. ... The piaffe is a high school dressage movement where the horse is in a highly collected and cadenced trot, in place or nearly in place. ... This article is about a horses gait. ... The fundamental purpose of Dressage (a French term meaning training) is to develop, through standardized progressive training methods, a horses natural athletic ability and willingness to perform, thereby maximizing its potential as a riding horse. ...