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AMBLER [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A horse which moves both left legs foward in unison, then both right legs.

OBS

Pacers are sometimes referred to as side-wheelers.

OBS

Horse racing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Cheval qui déplace simultanément ses deux pattes gauches puis ses deux pattes droites.

CONT

En Angleterre et en Europe continentale, on dressa donc des ambleurs pour les dames, pour les médecins et les voyageurs, aussi bien pour la selle que pour la voiture. Le dressage à l'amble se pratique aussi dans le nord de l'Afrique et au Pérou.

OBS

Terme de courses de chevaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 2 2000-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
CONT

Ambler or cross-walker? Most mammals, including humans, are cross-walkers. When they put their right foot forward, the left arm moves forward. But some animals, for example, giraffes, always move both legs of one side at the same time. They are amblers. The gazelle is both. When taking slow steps, they amble. When they run, they change into cross-walk. When escaping, they often carry out bruising jumps. They shoot up into the air on all four legs, as if they could get a better view of the area this way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
DEF

Animal se déplaçant à l'amble, allure naturelle chez le dromadaire, la girafe, l'éléphant, mais acquise après dressage chez le cheval.

Spanish

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