trotting race

noun

1. a horse race using trotters.

trotting race

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trotting race¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Sports betting has been against the law in the District since very early in the 20th century, when the city’s congressional overlords enacted Washington’s criminal code and made it illegal “to bet, gamble, or make books or pools on the result of any trotting race or running race of horses, or boat race, or race of any kind, or on any election or any contest of any kind, or game of base ball.”

From Washington Post

At 68, he hopped into the sulky for a trotting race at Parsloes Park in London.

From New York Times

“It was a Sunday morning and his horse, Creamy, had just won a trotting race against guys from town. He’d won a £1,000. The race takes place very early so the police aren’t around. Then we go to the pub — at half past 7 in the morning — and the drinks are on Cookie because he has all of this money. “Walking back to camp, I knew Cookie had to come back that way,” he adds.

From Los Angeles Times

Ten starters representing six countries pursued a $1 million purse that made the International the richest trotting race in the history of New York State.

From New York Times

A 25-year-old female jockey has died from injuries sustained in a fall during a trotting race in France.

From BBC