Utah Fox Trotting Horse Association

Kamille Strong, of Highland, accepts a first-place ribbon at the Utah Fox Trotting Horse Association’s Great Western Celebration competition at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington on Thursday. Events, which are free to spectators, continue through Saturday and begin at 8 a.m. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

FOX-TROTTERS: 'Cadillacs' of horse world compete in Farmington

FARMINGTON — High-stepping Zeus flew over the wooden poles spaced out across the floor of the dirt arena like they weren’t even there.

Rider Dennis Bromley, 39, of Erda, in Tooele County, bounced slightly in the saddle as he took his white horse through the pattern. But the ride was never rough enough to even jiggle the white cowboy hat perched on his head.

“Even while transitioning, they have one leg on the ground, avoiding the jarring (motion of coming in contact with the ground),” Bromley said of his fox-trotting horse.

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