What is the difference between a Pacer and a Trotter ?
A Trotter has the normal diagonal trot of other horses. A pacer has an extra lateral gait where he moves the legs on each side of his body forward and back at the same time. As an example, camels walk like this, or you may remember Spotty Dog in The Woodentops ! Pacing is a very smooth gait compared to trotting, rather like ice skating is to running, and pacers are up to three seconds a mile faster than trotters.
