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TROT EXTENSION [3 records]

Record 1 2011-06-07

English

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

A five-gaited saddle horse, through selective breeding develops a slow gait (broken amble or fox-trot) and a rack, or single-foot. These are known as artificial gaits.

OBS

Competitive horseback riding term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Allures acquises : pas, trot et galop : relevés, en extension, raccourcis.

OBS

Terme d’équitation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 2 2010-09-10

English

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

The Spanish trot is one of the more difficult movements of dressage or high school. The horse raises each foot in turn and extends it forward, holding it out for a perceptible pause before placing it on the ground. The leg is extremely elevated, the horse's body appears to swell in size and sway gently....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Celui dans lequel le cheval élève fortement les antérieurs.

CONT

Le trot espagnol est un trot désuni avec action énergique des postérieurs, fléchis sous les hanches, et une certaine élévation du geste des antérieurs alternativement en extension. Le trot espagnol est le type même de l'allure artificielle, acquise par le dressage [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-11-19

English

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

... a long-striding trot ...

CONT

Extended Trot. The horse should cover as much ground as possible while maintaining the cadence. While remaining balanced and on the bit, the horse lengthens the frame and the stride as a result of great impulsion from the hindquarters. In the forward movement of the extension, the movement of the fore and hind legs should be similar (parallel).

OBS

... the horse remaining in forward balance with an extended neck ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

[...] allure acquise par le dressage, dans laquelle la simultanéité des posés diagonaux n’a pas cessé d’exister, parce que l’équilibre du cheval est maintenu [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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