[Pandora!]

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.

Many bugs have evolved ways to avoid becoming a bigger creature's next meal. To win this trotter, post a picture of an insect that uses mimicry or camouflage. Please remember to properly credit images!

Also, this trotter is rocking a retired marking thanks to special permission from Hooves, a limited return of Butterfly Spots!
End date: March 15th @ CS rollover

Username: vada vada
Show Name: Spot me yet?
Barn Name: Mimicry

Gender: stallion
Height: 15hh
Eye Color: Struggle Bug
Phenotype: Red Dun Ivory Roach Butterfly Spots Extended Blanket Appaloosa
Genotype: ee aa DD Ivrivr BtsBts Lplp

- will always pass dun (D), & butterfly spots (Bts)

[Taxidea]

Username: Taxidea
Show Name: TT
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Prompt: Source | The Gray Hairstreak butterfly (also called the Cotton Square Borer) uses a fun kind of mimicry: automimicry! This is where an animal mimics another of the same species. For the Gray Hairstreak, this means having a false butterfly head on the tips of its wings so that a predator might aim an attack at that part instead of the real head.

[lore]

Username: vada vada
Show Name: Spot me yet?
Barn Name: Mimicry
Gender: stallion
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: eyecolor
Prompt: The dead leaf mantis!
photo by bernard dupont

[Runes.]

Username: Runes.
Show Name: ZR Masterful Masquerade
Barn Name: Masq
Gender: mare
Height: 14.3h
Halter Color: any c:
Prompt: the sphinx moth caterpillar! Photo by Mark Bowler, article by Madison Pobios.

[Pandapop]

Username: Pandapop
Show Name: "EVS" Flattery In Mimicry
Barn Name: Eemel
Gender: Stallion
Height: 14hh
Halter Color: Ivory
Prompt: The Indian Leaf Butterfly!



Looks like a dead leaf with its wings closed, but open, they're beautiful. <3

[Andromeda]

Username: Andromeda
Show Name: YH Houdini's Legacy
Barn Name: Trick
Gender: Stallion
Height: 13.3hh
Halter Color: Artist's Choice!
Prompt: The Robber Fly, aka the Assassin Fly, mimics a bumblebee and attacks wasps, bees, butterflies, and beetles as they pass by, never expecting trouble from a bumble!

[Kenjaku]

Username: Lath
Show Name: BKD's Mimic
Barn Name: Cri
Gender: Mare
Height: 13.2hh
Halter Color: Golden yellow
Prompt:

The hummingbird hawkmoth

[fruitbat]

Username: fruitbat
Show Name: The Crown Awaits
Barn Name: Crown
Gender: Stallion
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: #cc3333
Prompt: Can you spot the stick insect? No? Well, it's almost the same colour as Crowns mane! Maybe it's in there?

[Zentropy]

Username: Zentropy
Show Name: ZG Prime Example
Barn Name: Looper
Gender: Stallion
Height: 14.1hh
Halter Color: darker eye color
Prompt: The Looper moth caterpillar also blends in perfectly with it's tree branch environment!

[Baobabel]

Username: Baobabel
Show Name: Buggy Bokeh
Barn Name: Bokeh
Gender: Stallion
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: red of mane
Prompt: I love mantis camouflage! Here's a dead leaf mantis

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