[Embergleam]

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, tell me about a place you love!
Ends February 14
Parent A x Parent B

Username: Idem
Show Name: RMS Ponderosa
Barn Name: Rosa

Gender: Mare
Height: 15 hh
Eye Color: Drowning in the Horizon
Phenotype: Extended silver dunskin roan utsuri koi pintaloosa amore (tobiano + spotted blanket)
Genotype: EE Ara Crcr Zz Dd Rnrn Ukuk ToTo Lplp + Amore

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[Idem]

Username: Idem
Prompt:

_____My house is a place I love. My dear and loving husband is always home and there for me, my two sweet and silly kitties are here, always ready for a snuggle or a play sesh, and all the hard work my whole family has done in the remodeling of our house is all around me. I am constantly surrounded by love in many forms here in my house, and I've never felt more safe or loved, and I am so thankful to finally have this in my life.

[Pandapop]

Username: Pandapop
Prompt: The place I love (or loved... sadly it's gone now) was a little bistro just downtown of where I live. I can't give the name away as it was pretty unique and might reveal my location, but it's the first place the boyfriend and I went to eat at when we moved into our new place. We made it a "tradition" (if you'd call it that) to go at least once a month and get dinner there. We'd eat outside on a nice day on their patio, and they had amazing bruschetta! Unfortunately... their kitchen had a fire well into the pandemic when most places were closing down. They never recovered from it. :c

[Kenjaku]

Username: Lath
Prompt: I've never felt truly home until I was in Colorado. Something about it just calls to me. The air seems so much cleaner there, there's no humidity (where I live has 100% humidity often), the scenery is beautiful... I just felt at home there for some reason. I can't wait to go back some day. (:

[Usha]

Username: Usha
Prompt: The place I love, it isn’t one place honestly, it’s two. I love my home, but I also love my families’ home. My home has my things, my electronics, games, food, my cats, my own memories that I created myself. But my family’s home, that has memories of growing up with my family. The love, compassion, everything I have in my house, is because of theirs. I love these places the most.

[Kirei]

Username: Kirei
Prompt:
The place I love the most is within my own head. The little worlds with unique places and stories that reside within my mind. The utopias I invent, safe spaces I can hide away into when I don't feel safe in the real world.

[Starwindrider]

Username: Starwindrider
Prompt: My favourite place is a large park about a mile from my house. It's where my partner and I went for our first ever in-person meeting, and is a good place for exercise and strolls in general. There's a river down the middle that was a canal, but was reconstructed into a river to allow wildlife to flourish. My favourite bird species, the waterhen, can be found there so every time I go there, I look out for them! Recently, my partner and I went back to the park on the anniversary of our first time there, and it was nice to reminisce about the past and how far we have come.

[Pandora!]

Username: Pandora!
Prompt: A special place that I love is the summer camp that I grew up going to. I was sort of an awkward, outcast kid (read: undiagnosed neurodivergent) and I grew up in a tiny town so I only had a handful of friends. But for one week a summer I would get to escape that and have an amazing time with other kids that just seemed to get me. Once I got older, I worked as camp staff for a number of summers, and I still do my best to find the time to volunteer. There's something so peaceful and healing about being out in nature in a special place.

[wolfhaunt]

Username: wolfhaunt
Prompt: My favorite place is my grandparents' backyard during winter. A little specific, I know, but I've never felt more at peace than when I would lay on my back in the snow and watch the flakes fall. It's so quiet, the sky is soft and grey, and massive snow-blanketed pine trees block the nearest street from view. The only sound to be heard is the soft whispering of the snowy branches moving in the wind. The world seems to stop in those moments.

I don't get to visit often, and when I do there's almost never any snow... but the memory is clear as day in my mind.

[Furrydogs12]

Username: Furrydogs12
Prompt: New Zealand! My extended family on my mother’s side lives there. There are three times as many sheep as there are humans, and the nature is so pretty! New Zealand has three official languages, English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language!