Word: canter
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...artificial gaits, a kind of running walk. Southern plantation owners, who used to spend long hours in the saddle overseeing their property, used it because while it covered ground it was easy on the rider. A horse's three conventional speeds forward-the walk, trot and canter-were either too slow, too fast or too uncomfortable for some early American connoisseurs...
Official Phrases. Although Wing Commander seemed to understand the ringmaster's verbal commands (for a rack, a walk, a canter), he was getting instructions through his rider's legs and the bits in his mouth. In the trot, Rider Teater deliberately let the field draw ahead of Wing and then clucked to him. The champ, all the prettier to watch for being alone, quickly caught up with the field and passed most of it. After going through all their paces, Wing Commander and two others were selected to remain in the center of the ring. The order...
Ridge Wood and Courier broke well from the starting tapes but immediately slowed to a walk as both jockeys tried to follow their instructions. A starter's assistant cracked his whip but could not even raise a canter. It took Ridge Wood and Courier 1 min. 24 sec. to stroll the first furlong (in that time a really good horse, doing his best, can run seven furlongs...
...Rancher McCrea. The highly involved plot in South of St. Louis, always pretty implausible, moves along at a fast enough clip to look convincing, and most of the principals are old enough hands at this sort of thing to take the handicaps and hurdles without breaking their easy canter...
Like all harness horses, Demon Hanover had to learn not to break into a gallop or canter, a process known as teaching a trotter "good manners." The Demon caught on beautifully. Last season, mostly on half-mile tracks, Demon Hanover won twelve races in 14 starts. Last week, Hoyt felt so certain of his chances in the big race that he closed up his Danbury hat factory...