What is the difference between a trot race & pace race in harness racing?

Question

What is the difference between a trot race & pace race in harness racing?

Answer 1

A trotter has a diagonal gait, while a pacer is side to side or parrallel gaited. As a 20 year professional, it's really hard for me to explain. That's about it really.

Answer 2

a trotter lift the legs as a pacer just sort of runs hardly lifting the legs

Answer 3

Mel is right.

What he is trying to say is a trotter will move forward the left front and right rear legs together, then the right front and left rear.

A pacer moves forward left front and rear, then right front and rear.

I hope this makes sense.

Answer 4

It involves which legs move together and since I can never remember which gait is which, see page 2 of the document on the link.  Trotting races are also slightly slower than pacing races.