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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.

Adopt our foal! To apply either post a snippet of an existing love poem [with credit] or write your own!
Ends February 14th
Parent A x Parent B

Username: Starwindrider
Show Name: Etched in the Stars
Barn Name: Destiny

Gender: Mare
Height: 15.2 hh
Eye Color: Ocean Eyes
Phenotype: Silver Smoke Amore Varnish Roan
Genotype: Ee/aa/Zz/Lplp + Smoke + Amore

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[Bear.]

Username: Bear.
Prompt: Married Love, by Guan Daosheng (translated by Kenneth Rexroth)

You and I
Have so much love,
That it
Burns like a fire,
In which we bake a lump of clay
Molded into a figure of you
And a figure of me.

[Embergleam]

Username: Embergleam
Prompt: 'Love Is', by Nikki Giovanni:

Some people forget that love is
tucking you in and kissing you
"Good night"
no matter how young or old you are

Some people don't remember that
love is
listening and laughing and asking
questions
no matter what your age

Few recognize that love is
commitment, responsibility
no fun at all
unless

Love is
You and me

My partner and I have been together for the better part of a decade now. We're long past the honeymoon period. There aren't many surprises in our relationship, nor many grand shows of affection. Instead there's small, everyday reminders of our care for one another: sharing silly comics we know the other will enjoy, saying 'I love you' before bed, and always, always making each other laugh. I wouldn't trade our comfortable love for the world.

[Tyrant001]

Username: Tyrant001
Prompt: 'Limerence' by LostinJapan

If suffering is happiness
and tears are love
I am devotion itself
break me
I’ll pen thank you notes in blood

[Starwindrider]

Username: Starwindrider
Prompt: A poem I wrote in 2020!

a testament to love;

people tell you to shoot for the moon and
land amongst the stars.
i think they forgot the part where
you float in the silence of space, alone,
because it's hard to come back down to earth -
like a helium balloon that keeps flying up and away -
and if you want to come home,
it'll burn like hell.

i once read a book. this character said:
love? people are better off without love.
no mooning or June-ing, girls.

but i was born in July and i thrive in the sun.

[sleepyDandy]

Username: sleepyDandy
Prompt:


𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗.
𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝,
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗.
𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝,
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎,
𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝--
𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

- Timothy Joshua

[Catdoof]

Username: Catdoof
Prompt:

poem I wrote sitting across the table from you

if I had two nickels to rub together
I would rub them together

like a kid rubs sticks together
until friction made combustion

and they burned
a hole in my pocket

into which I would put my hand
and then my arm

and eventually my whole self––
I would fold myself

into the hole in my pocket and disappear
into the pocket of myself, or at least my pants

but before I did
like some ancient star

I’d grab your hand

-Kevin Varrone

[Kenjaku]

Username: Lath
Prompt:

He seems like the gods’ equal, that man, who
ever he is, who takes his seat so close
across from you, and listens raptly to
your lilting voice

and lovely laughter, which, as it wafts by,
sets the heart in my ribcage fluttering;
as soon as I glance at you a moment, I
can’t say a thing,

and my tongue stiffens into silence, thin
flames underneath my skin prickle and spark,
a rush of blood booms in my ears, and then
my eyes go dark,

and sweat pours coldly over me, and all
my body shakes, suddenly sallower
than summer grass, and death, I fear and feel,
is very near.

31 Sappho

[Furrydogs12]

Username: Furrydogs12
Prompt: In this dark and murky world,
I can see the light that is you,
I can see your heart locked up and furled,
I’m afraid, but at least I have you

[Zentropy]

Username: Zentropy
Prompt: A haiku <3

I see you hover
over my plants, you hide it.
Ah, it is a pun