[Folmes]

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.

Another reindeer comes dancing through the dark winter flurries! Donner is sporting the retired marking Northern Flicker!

Northern Flicker | Uncommon | This marking creates a black upside down crescent at the bottom of the neck and over the upper chest, and a stripe from the point of the mouth backwards. This stripe will never extend past the eyes. The tail is always two toned with black being the more dominant color from the tips upward.

To win this trotter, tell me their opinion on snow. Do they like it? Do they see it often where they live? Minimum 50 words.

End Date: Sunday, December 24th

Username: literal.swag.
Show Name: ABs Somber Kiss of the Alaskan Sky
Barn Name: Noella

Gender: Mare
Height: 14.6 hh
Eye Color: Dewberry
Phenotype: Spiced Blue Taffy Sabino Xanthosoma Northern Flicker Mesozoic Stripe with Birdcatcher Stars
Genotype: EE AtAt Zz SpcSpc Sbsb Xnxn NfNf StmStr +BC Stars
- will always pass spice
- will always pass northern flicker
- birdcatcher spots pass at 25%, stars pass at 25%

- antlers may pass in breedings
- tack may not pass in breedings

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Username:
Show Name:
Barn Name:
Gender:
Height:
Halter Color: (for tackless version)
Prompt: mark

[jpano96]

Username: jpano96
Show Name: SB Winter Blues
Barn Name: Donner
Gender: male
Height: 15 hh
Halter Color: Artist choice
Prompt: wip

[strangetales]

Username: strangetales
Show Name: the loudest trotter this town has ever seen
Barn Name: donner
Gender: stallion
Height: 12.0hh
Halter Color: artist's choice
Prompt: does donner like snow? no, not at all. does he see it often? unfortunately yes, often enough. donner can't understand why anyone would like snow, it's wet, and cold, and slippery so not at all safe to walk on without breaking every bone. and if you're fortunate enough to not break all of your bones, you're most likely freezing to death in the cold snow. he doesn't like to talk about it, but there's also another reason he doesn't like snow: snow means it's cold enough for water to freeze, and have you ever had your tongue frozen to a block of ice trying to drink water? donner has, and he isn't proud of it. so, be careful!

[literal.swag.]

Username: literal.swag.
Show Name: ABs Somber Kiss of the Alaskan Sky
Barn Name: Noella
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.6 hh
Halter Color: artists choice!
Prompt:

snow; bitingly cold but equally as viciously beautiful, its duality concocting complex emotions within the spiced mare. noella adores the way the idiosyncratic flakes dance to their own rhythm to the earth. how they flicker and gleam, all equally alluring despite their nearly indistinguishable size. she adores the softness it brings; the purity and newness that blankets the earth. it was a fresh slate, a chance to do over and appreciate the nature that is so mercilessly ignored and tossed away. it was a bitter reminder of what can be taken away, how desolate life could really be. despite this, noella despises the harsh cold it brings. despises the dryness, the stabbing static of the ice sticking to the dampness of her frame. she despises the pain that it could bring, the inescapable chill that buries itself deep within the vertebrate of the spine, of the tendons of joints, in the hollow of chests. at times it was unbearable with no remedy, no cure to fix. again, noella does find some positivity in this as it brings others together, whether its to entertain each other, a distraction from the nothingness that awaits outside the barn doors, or its to huddle together to maintain the fragile warmth teetering on an tightrope between them. if asked this, noella could not give a straight answer, a yes or no, a like or hate, she could carry on about the snow for hours with no concise end.

[Folmes]

Username: literal.swag.
Show Name: ABs Somber Kiss of the Alaskan Sky
Barn Name: Noella
Gender: Mare
Height: 14.6 hh
Halter Color: artists choice!
Prompt:

snow; bitingly cold but equally as viciously beautiful, its duality concocting complex emotions within the spiced mare. noella adores the way the idiosyncratic flakes dance to their own rhythm to the earth. how they flicker and gleam, all equally alluring despite their nearly indistinguishable size. she adores the softness it brings; the purity and newness that blankets the earth. it was a fresh slate, a chance to do over and appreciate the nature that is so mercilessly ignored and tossed away. it was a bitter reminder of what can be taken away, how desolate life could really be. despite this, noella despises the harsh cold it brings. despises the dryness, the stabbing static of the ice sticking to the dampness of her frame. she despises the pain that it could bring, the inescapable chill that buries itself deep within the vertebrate of the spine, of the tendons of joints, in the hollow of chests. at times it was unbearable with no remedy, no cure to fix. again, noella does find some positivity in this as it brings others together, whether its to entertain each other, a distraction from the nothingness that awaits outside the barn doors, or its to huddle together to maintain the fragile warmth teetering on an tightrope between them. if asked this, noella could not give a straight answer, a yes or no, a like or hate, she could carry on about the snow for hours with no concise end.

Congrats! <3

HM to strangetales!

[literal.swag.]

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Congrats! <3

HM to strangetales!

wahhh thank you!! im so happy :3