He urged the horse to a gallop.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
"I think that they allowed them to get into too much of a gallop and now cannot check them," answered Stas.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Her pace is now urged to speed, for she knows every field and every fence,-where to press her horse to his gallop, where to spare and husband his strength.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever