[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.

You scrape up the last spoonfuls of soup and are pleasantly surprised to find a bunch of extra letters on the bottom of the bowl!

The very last letter of the alphabet, Z, does not have any trotter markings. But, instead of inventing a new one (sorry), have a gene bomb trotter! I actually rolled every. single. [C-R] gene. for this trotter (and added the three new genes) and somehow it came out...really nice? Like, I would keep this if I could. Hopefully, you like it too! Giving everyone an extra day to enter for this trotter, so it will end in 3 days instead of 2.

To win this trotter: tell me what your favorite letter is in the alphabet and why!

End Date: January 29

Username: Tyrant001
Show Name: Wait For Me
Barn Name: Timer

Gender: Mare
Height: 13.3hh
Eye Color: Zodiac
Phenotype: Sooty Chestnut Kea Dun Espresso Spice Viverra Moonspotting Sift Paleo Spots Mesozoic Stripes Yellow Edged Pinnate Blister Beetle Legwarmers Choker Cold Foam Xanthosoma
Genotype: ee aa Keke Dd Stysty Exex Spcspc Vivi Mnsmns Sisi Psps Strmstrm Yeye Jspjsp Pblpbl Lwrmlwrm Chkrchkr Lplp Cc P1p1 Xnxn

[literal.swag.]

Username: literal.swag.
Show Name: ABs Writing of the Past
Barn Name: Hieroglyphics | "Hireo"
Gender: Stallion
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: artist's choice!
Halter Charm Color: surprise me <3
Prompt: i think my favorite letter of the alphabet has to be "w"! this is because it angers me the most, and i don't really care about any of the other letters. it just makes absolutely no sense. instead of a letter, its two words "double" + "u". why do we have words that make up what a letter sounds like?? second of all, "w" isn't even 2 "u"s! it's 2 "v"s!! uu is not vv. like?? i just hate that letter. it makes me so mad every time i think about it. it is fun to write though i'll give it that. 😒

[Bruja]

Username: Bruja
Show Name: IF That's All She Wrote
Barn Name: Fin
Gender: Mare
Height: 13hh
Halter Color: Golden
Halter Charm Color: Artist Choice!
Prompt: My favorite letter is A! My surname used to end in A and I was first for everything! Now it starts with W, and I'm last 😅

[Kenjaku]

Username: Lath
Show Name: BKD's Alphaghetti In My Bowl
Barn Name: Alphaghetti
Gender: Stallion
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: Artist's choice
Halter Charm Color: tomato soup red!
Prompt: My favourite letter is m. Something about the symmetry is really pleasing to me!

[Cattail]

Username: cattail
Show Name: z for zendetta
Barn Name: zenni
Gender: mare
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: gold
Halter Charm Color: red
Prompt: my favorite letter is v for a few reasons it's an interesting letter for one, for another it was the first letter of a username of someone who I used to know many years ago,
also my cats name is V for Violet overall it's a really neat underused letter

[Embergleam]

Username: Embergleam
Show Name: RRS Beauty in the Breakdown
Barn Name: Talia
Gender: Mare
Height: 15.1 hh
Halter Color: Artist's choice
Halter Charm Color: Artist's choice
Prompt: Fittingly enough, Z! It's just a fun letter to say. It probably helps that it's in my last name, too.

[Tyrant001]

Username: Tyrant001
Show Name: Wait For Me
Barn Name: Timer
Gender: Mare
Height: 13.3hh
Halter Color: Your choice!
Halter Charm Color: Your choice<3
Prompt: My favorite letter would probably be S, my favorite animals are spiders so that seems fitting! Plus it's fun to say and make jokes with the S sound

[Starwindrider]

Username: Starwindrider
Show Name: Echoes of the Heart
Barn Name: Kokoro
Gender: Mare
Height: 14hh
Halter Color: White
Halter Charm Color: Eye colour
Prompt: Z! My last name (surname where I am) begins with this letter, and so does my partner's name.

[wolfhaunt]

Username: wolfhaunt
Show Name: WH From A To Z
Barn Name: Zena
Gender: Mare
Height: 15hh
Halter Color: Something fun! Artist's choice!
Halter Charm Color: Gold
Prompt: I have a few favorites!
H -- it's the first letter of my first name and I like writing symmetrical letters!
L -- the capital "L" is so fun to write in cursive! It's very loopy and elegant!
O -- who doesn't love a good 'ol circle?
R -- I like the round top and straight bottom... which probably only makes sense to me... also it's fun to sign in ASL
E -- there are so many cool ways to write the capital "E"! (i.e. the cursive way, which looks like a backwards 3!)

I briefly studied handwriting in a forensic class, so I find the way people write certain letters very fascinating!

[Julie_PiscesGirl]

Username: Julie_PiscesGirl
Show Name: The Last Will Be The First
Barn Name: Zion
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.2hh
Halter Color: Artist's choice
Halter Charm Color: Golden
Prompt: J for my name, it seems to me a beautiful letter and its sound in English is very nice and A in Spain we say "Amor" and "Amado" which means "Love" and "Beloved" in English, also many of my loved ones have that letter, that's why it's more beautiful.