AMBLE, Ambling, in Horsemanship, a peculiar kind of Pace, wherein a Horse’s two Legs of the same Side, move at the same time. See PACE. The ambling Horse changes Sides at each remove; two Legs of a side being in the Air, and two, on the ground, at the same time: An Amble is usually the first natural Pace of young Colts; which, as soon as they have Strength enough to trot, they quit—There is no such thing as an Amble, in the Manage; the Riding-Masters allowing of no other Paces, beside Walk, Trot, and Gallop: Their Reason is, That a Horse may be put from a Trot to a Gallop, without stopping him; but not from an Amble to a Gallop, without such Stop; which loses time, and interrupts the Justness and Cadence of the Manage. See TROT, GALLOP, etc.
