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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]
Menorcan horse and rider at Ciutadella Menorcan horse and rider at Alaior. Doma menorquina is the traditional style of riding of the island of Menorca. It is closely associated with the Menorquín horse. Doma menorquina is based on classical dressage and resembles a combination of alta escuela and doma vaquera disciplines.
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.
Animals will use different gaits for different speeds, terrain, and situations. For example, horses show four natural gaits, the slowest horse gait is the walk, then there are three faster gaits which, from slowest to fastest, are the trot, the canter, and the gallop. Animals may also have unusual gaits that are used occasionally, such as for ...
Geoff Gallop (born 1951), Australian academic and former politician; George Gallop (1590–1650), English politician and Member of Parliament; 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
Copper engraving of the "Great Galop" of Johann Strauss (1839). Galop rhythm. [1]In dance, the galop, named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see Gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade, is a lively country dance, introduced in the late 1820s to Parisian society by the Duchesse de Berry and popular in Vienna, Berlin and London.
Øvrevoll Galoppbane is the only gallop racecourse in Norway. It is located at Øvrevoll between Østerås (west), Jar (south) and Eiksmarka (north) in Bærum. It has both a turf track and an all-weather track. It was officially opened in 1932 by King Haakon VII and Queen Maud.