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A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot
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piaffe
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The piaffe is a dressage movement where the horse is in a highly collected and cadenced trot , in place or nearly in place. "Piaffe", Cheval-haute-ecole.com, 2010, web: CH-Piaffe. The center of gravity of the horse should be more towards the hind end, with ...
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n. a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context dressage English) A calm, composed, elevated trot in place. vb. (context archaic rare English) To strut pretentiously, to parade about.
Usage examples of piaffe.
Cricket, picking up on the dragonets’ urgent fears, pranced tensely in place in the piaffe he had been taught, but it was clear that he would break into a mad gallop the minute Sean gave him his head.