Range Trotters are the result of crossbreeding Orlov Trotters, Finnhorses, Welsh Cobs (section C & D) and Hanoverians. Later crosses of Quarter Horses, Paint and Appaloosas to gain color and to give a boost to their hardiness.With a height average of 13-15 hands, they're a hardy breed with characteristics for various disciplines.
Created for use as work, carriage and leisure riding horses originally, they now serve as long-distance range horses, such as work with Park Rangers and mounted officers.
Willing and eager personalities, most are quickly trained to be bombproof and therefore trusted mounts in all lines of work; some are being seen in local show jumping competitions, others are notably used in therapeutic sessions for their calm temperaments. Harness races and endurance trials are common for the breed, as they are able to sustain an extended trot without tire. Cross-Country competitions see some of the taller Trotters, but due to their cob lineage this is still uncommon.
Despite the variety of competitions and work these horses are being seen in, they are still famously skilled as endurance racers. Many competitors have chosen Range Trotters due to their tireless work ethic, as well as the ease in which they can be trained. Many have become champions in endurance trials, and they have quickly become a sought after breed for their natural ability.
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Butterfly Spots; this marking adds spots to the legs and face of a horse; these spots tend to have alternating sizes in rows, varying from dime sized to egg sized. These spots can be seen from the shoulder and flank down in homozygous cases, with most heterozygous types showing spotting from the elbow and stifle down the legs. Spotted on the face will never go above the eyes or touch the neck.
When breeding two butterfly spotted trotters together, there is a 1 in 4 chance that the spots can be black instead of white!
This color change is random, so two white spotted can give a black spotted, and two black spotted can give a white spotted!
The normal color of this marking is white, however, and so this can only be obtained via breeding.
Black spotting cannot be obtained from breeding one butterfly spotted to a horse without the marking.
Uncommon marking, BtsBts/ Btsbts
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Height: 13.2 hh
Eye Color: Flutter Meadow
Phenotype: Palomino Butterfly Spots
Genotype: ee aa Crcr BtsBts
