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Gallop (other)
A gallop is a gait of a horse or other equine animal, or a bounding gait of any 4-legged animal. Gallop may also refer to: People *Angela Gallop (born 1950), British forensic scientist * Annabel Gallop (born 1961), British scholar and curator * Armando Gallop (1970-1996), American house-music producer and DJ *Cindy Gallop (born 1960), English CEO and advertising executive *Clive Gallop (1892-1960), British engineer, racing driver, and military pilot * Dave Gallop (born 1937), New Zealand cricketer and administrator *David Gallop (born 1965), Australian sports administrator and lawyer * Derek Gallop (born 1951), English former cricketer *Frank Gallop (1900–1988), American radio and television personality *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), Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, while the gallop is a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait. It is a natural gait possessed by all horses, faster than most horses' trot, or ambling gaits. The gallop is the fastest gait of the horse, averaging about . The speed of the canter varies between depending on the length of the horse's stride. A variation of the canter, seen in western riding, is called a lope, and is generally quite slow, no more than . Etymology Since the earliest dictionaries there has been a commonly agreed suggestion that the origin of the word "canter" comes from the English city of Canterbury, a place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, as referred to in ''The Canterbury Tales'', where the comfortable speed for a pilgrim travelling some distance on horseback was above that of a trot but below that of a gallop. However a lack of compelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
