Hambletonian

[ ham-buhl-toh-nee-uhn ]

noun
  1. one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.

  2. an annual harness race for three-year-old trotters, formerly held at Goshen, New York, now at DuQuoin, Illinois.

Origin of Hambletonian

1
1855–60; Americanism

Words Nearby Hambletonian

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British Dictionary definitions for Hambletonian

Hambletonian

/ (ˌhæmbəlˈtəʊnɪən) /


noun
  1. one of a breed of trotting horses descended from a stallion of that name

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