Training Trotters (1937)

Full title reads: “Training Trotters!“ Near Berlin, Germany. American sport of horse trotting. M/S of stable hands leading thoroughbred horses, foals and ponies out of a barn. Various shots of horses and foals gambolling around paddock. M/S of stable hands putting bridle on horse. C/U of foal. Various shots of two men training horse on a tether to trot, lifting its feet high of the ground. Various shots of horse attached to lightweight trap (open carriage). Narrator explains trap is called a “sulky“ in trotting. Various shots of horse being fitted with bits of equipment to improve trotting technique; foot weights, blinkers and other restrictive garments. Various shots of a trotting race; horses pull sulkies around track. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT