sitting trot
- noun
- Specialized
:
trote sentado
- My teacher, Elizabeth, told me to go to a sitting trot and then to the canter.
Examples
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During the lesson, the instructor demonstrated how to maintain a sitting trot for better balance.
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The experienced rider effortlessly maintained a sitting trot as they guided the horse around the arena.
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To improve your control, practice transitioning smoothly into a sitting trot before cantering.
Antonyms
- Specialized
A way of riding where the rider rises and sits in time with the horse's trot
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Morphology
The term directly combines 'sitting' (seated) with 'trot' (a horse gait) to denote the trot performed while the rider remains seated. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following common English compounding and motion/position semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Sitting trot comes from the simple picture of a rider staying in the saddle while the horse moves in a trot, with sitting showing the rider does not 'rise' to the horse's rhythm. So it means a trot where the rider remains seated and does not move up and down.