[Taxidea]

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.

Last one before the iPad dies Spotted mandarin fish because it had to be done. To win this trotter, show me (with credit) your favorite Mandarin character and use its meaning in either the show or barn name.
End Date: May 24

Username: Starwindrider
Show Name: NAS If By Will of Fate, We Shall Meet Again
Barn Name: Yuan

Gender: Mare
Height: 15hh
Eye Color: Eclectic Moonrise
Phenotype: Daffodil Slate Buckskin Caribou Mandarin Chaetodon
Genotype: Ee Aa Crcr DaDa SltSlt Cbcb MdMd Ctct
- Body paint (turquoise and black) and shoulder fins will not pass
- Leg fins may pass at artist’s discretion

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[b]Username:[/b]
[b]Show Name:[/b]
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[b]Gender:[/b]
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[b]Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells):[/b]
[b]Prompt:[/b]

[Lath]

Username: Lath
Show Name: BKD's To Break By Bending
Barn Name: Bend
Gender: Mare
Height: 14hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): Gold pearls, black shells
Prompt: 折 - meaning both to bend and to break by bending. I think the shape is aesthetically pleasing!

[DarkestWerewolf]

Username: DarkestWerewolf
Show Name: Safe & Sound
Barn Name: Love
Gender: Mare
Height: 13hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): Artist’s choice
Prompt: 安 - pronounced as “ahn”
It means safe. In Chinese writing, there are many different strokes and names for certain strokes. For this word, notice the strokes on top - 宀, it’s a stroke that is referred to as the protection/cover stroke because it looks like it “protects” the characters underneath it. Like the Chinese character for house - 家 also has the same stroke since a house is meant to protect/shelter.
The character underneath 安 is 女, which means girl/female.
It’s nice to me because for one, it’s relatively easy to write and if your reading into just the character alone without it being used with other characters/context, it somewhat translates to protecting girls/women because of the kind of strokes and characters used in making the word. At least, that’s what I could remember when my Chinese teacher taught me when I was 8 shchsjxndidj I never did pay much attention during class

[Ruby-Skylark]

Username: Ruby-Skylark
Show Name: The Quiet Heart
Barn Name: Ken
Gender: Stallion
Height: 16hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): white and soft pale blue
Prompt: 肯
This is the I Ching character Ken, which has the meaning “keeping still”, or the “mountain” hexagram in a repeated trigram pattern. In its application to man, the hexagram turns upon the problem of achieving a quiet heart. It is very difficult to bring quiet to the heart.

I first read about this hexagram when I was a teen and it stayed with me since I read it, I’ve never forgotten it, and it helps me when I’m meditating, “meditation” and “mountain” are its other meanings, it’s said that to become like the mountain is to become still.

[ivyy.]

Username: ivyy.
Show Name: BV's Fire In My Soul
Barn Name: Druid
Gender: Stallion
Height: 14.3hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): artist's choice !
Prompt: 火

meaning: fire
pronounced: huah
why?: firstly, it's a super cool looking symbol out of the few i've seen before and secondly, the first thing that came to mind when looking at this trotter was ambition, and then fire followed shortly after that

[ImogenEquine]

Username: ImogenEquine
Show Name: Unsaid I Love You
Barn Name: Actus
Gender: Stallion
Height: 13.3 hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): artist's choice, but multicoloured please <3
Prompt: 爱 (ài) Love - the Chinese character means to love people through your actions and with your heart.
His barn name is Latin for 'an act or thing done'. His show name is a bit of a reference to Troye Sivan's song 'for him.', where the lyrics are "You don't have to say I love you to say I love you." I think actions can say "I love you" just as much as (if not more than) words can... like when someone sends me a picture of something or song that reminded them of me, pick me up a snack I mentioned wanting to try, or makes an excuse to take me out of a situation I feel stressed, I know they love me, and it means the world to me c:

[Starwindrider]

Username: Starwindrider
Show Name: NAS If By Will of Fate, We Shall Meet Again
Barn Name: Yuan
Gender: Mare
Height: 15hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): Colour-dropped from patterns
Prompt: 缘 - yuan - Fate, destiny
From the phrase 若有缘再见. It means, by my translation, if fate wills it we will meet again. I like this word as I'm a rather sentimental person, and I believe in the existence of fate, that everything happens for a reason.
(As a Chinese I'm really excited and happy about this prompt!! CX)

[strangetales]

Username: strangetales
Show Name: burning cricket
Barn Name: qiū
Gender: mare
Height: 11.3hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): like the coat & body paint
Prompt: 秋 qiū means "autumn"!
it's a pictophonetic character and originated from the picture of a fire under a cricket to show the concept of autumn with ripe crops and burning fires cx i like it simply because of the imagery of a fire burning under a cricket and cause i wouldn't personally associate autumn with those two. (info from here plus a picture of the 'drawing' vs the modern character)

[Taxidea]

Username: Starwindrider
Show Name: NAS If By Will of Fate, We Shall Meet Again
Barn Name: Yuan
Gender: Mare
Height: 15hh
Halter Pearl & Shell Color (3 shells): Colour-dropped from patterns
Prompt: 缘 - yuan - Fate, destiny
From the phrase 若有缘再见. It means, by my translation, if fate wills it we will meet again. I like this word as I'm a rather sentimental person, and I believe in the existence of fate, that everything happens for a reason.
(As a Chinese I'm really excited and happy about this prompt!! CX)

Congrast! I couldn't pick, so RNG picked for me.

[Starwindrider]

Oh my thank you!