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Horses seldom will gallop more than 1.5 to 3 kilometres (0.9 to 2 mi) before they need to rest, though horses can sustain a moderately paced gallop for longer distances before they become winded and have to slow down. [12] The gallop is the gait of the classic race horse.
A horse and rider at the canter A miniature horse at a gallop. The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine.The canter is a controlled three-beat gait, [1] while the gallop is a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait. [2]
Used in the wild to escape predators, the gallop is the gait of the classic race horse. Galloway 1. Horse type: Australian show horses standing over 14 hands and not exceeding 15 hands. [5]: 113 2. The Galloway pony, a now-extinct horse breed. [8]: 206 gelding 1. A castrated male horse of any age. [1]: 90 2.
Today, the Paso Fino Horse Association (PFHA) oversees and regulates registered Paso Finos in the US. It was founded in 1972 under the name "American Paso Finos", later changing to its current name. It registers and promotes both Puerto Rican and Colombian horses, and under the PFHA, the two groups have been frequently crossbred. [15]
The basis of Icelandic equitation lies in the long traditions of riding horse transport. On an island with little wood, making and using carriages or sleighs was not practical in Iceland. Thus horses had to be ridden for long distances, and the style of equitation formed to accommodate comfort and endurance.
Harold Gallop (1910-2006), Canadian middle-distance runner; Henry Gallop (1857-1940), English cricketer; Jane Gallop (born 1952), American professor; Matt Gallop (born 1987), New Zealand professional bowler; Richard Gallop (1808–1899), early Australian settler; Sammy Gallop (1915–1971), American lyricist; Shari Gallop, New Zealand marine ...
Botafogo's first race in 1918 was the Clásico America, a 1600 meter race for all ages, on April 28. The only other horse entered was the poorly-regarded four-year-old El Niño. The race was no contest, with Botafogo leading the entire way in an "easy exercise gallop" to win in 1:36, breaking his own previous record for the distance. [27]
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) [2] [3] is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature, Eohippus, into the large, single-toed animal of today.