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In many countries, notably the Soviet Union and the United States, trotting races are more 

 popular than ordinary riding races. They are a link with the chariot races that took place 

 in Greek and Roman arenas two thousand and more years ago. In the Soviet Union the 

 'hippodromes' (as the racetracks are correctly known) are part of the State measures taken 

 to develop pedigree breeding. It is forbidden to use horses of non-pedigree stock or those 

 which have inherited faults such as stringhalt. 



