Glossary term

Break stride

In harness racing, when a horse stops maintaining the required trotting or pacing gait and breaks into another gait.

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Race terms

Japanese term

歩様を崩す

Reading: ほようをくずす

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Aliases

  • Break

Beginner explanation

A gait break can cost time and may also bring a penalty depending on the rules.

2 reviewed connections. Related concepts are not necessarily synonyms.

  • Pacing — Race types and conditions
  • Trotting — Race types and conditions

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