Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- GALLOP
- At the gallop, all four hooves are off the ground simultaneously during the suspension phase, a fact first confirmed by photographer Eadweard Muybridge in 1878.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CANTER
- The canter is a three-beat gait, meaning a listening rider can count a distinct 1-2-3 rhythm with every stride the horse takes.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- LOPE
- In Western riding the lope is simply a slower, more relaxed canter, same footfall pattern, different feel under the saddle.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- STRIDE
- A Thoroughbred racehorse at full speed can cover roughly 20 feet in a single stride, touching the ground for only a fraction of a second each time.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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At a Gallop: a free large-print word search
Horse gaits word search, free and large-print, from the soft lope to the full-on thunder of an open-field gallop.
About At a Gallop
Watch a horse move across an open field and every gait tells its own story. The trot is businesslike and bouncing; the canter rolls like a wave; and the full gallop is pure, ground-eating joy, all four hooves leaving the earth at once in a moment called the suspension phase. Riders speak of rhythm, tempo, and drive as though describing music, because in many ways that's exactly what it is.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last — the trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps — never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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