Standardbred

stan·dard·bred

any of a breed of light horse developed from the Thoroughbred and specially trained for trotting or pacing in harness races

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standardbred

or Stan·dard·bred

noun

Any of an American breed of trotting and pacing horses developed especially for harness racing by crossing Thoroughbreds with Morgans and other breeds.

Origin of standardbred

From the fact that in order to be registered as a standardbred, a horse originally had to be able to trot a mile within a standard time of two and a half minutes

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