French Trotter

There is no breed standard for the French Trotter.

The title comes from the Old French trotter (modern English to trot).

Normandy is also the home of two other breeds, the Percheron and the French Trotter.

The goal of the selection was to blend the speed of the Standardbred with the stamina of the French Trotter.

Her parents were Helene, a French trotter horse of unknown breeding, and the Standardbred Oberst.

A great deal of the race's glamour was lost without Mack Lobell and Ourasi, the French trotter considered Europe's best.

The French Trotter excels at both ridden and driven trotting races, and maintains a particularly balanced and level stride.

The Normandy region of France is well known for its horse breeding, having also produced the Percheron and French Trotter.

For about a decade, liberal crossbreeding between the Russian Trotter, French Trotter, and Standardbred breeds was carried out.

He took out tiny advertisements on the front pages of The Times and The Tribune, saying "French Trotter Needs Artichokes.

The French Trotter is sometimes referred to as a Norman Trotter, due to the influence of the Old Norman horse on the breed's development.

The idea of the race was a dual between American world-record-breaker Mack Lobell, who had just been sold to Sweden and the famous French trotter Ourasi.

In 1937, to protect the qualities of the breed, which can now beat world-class harness-racers, the French Trotter Stud Book vas closed to non-French bred horses.

Because of their speed, Standardbreds are often used to upgrade other breeds of harness racers around the world, such as the Orlov Trotter and French Trotter.

The lighter horses eventually became the French Trotter (for driving) and Anglo-Norman (for riding and cavalry), while the heavier horses became the Norman Cob.

Goldstein placed ads in The New York Times and New York Herald Tribune that read "French Trotter Needs Artichokes.

The French Trotter developed primarily from Norman stock which was crossed with English Thoroughbred and half-bred hunter types, Norfolk Roadster, and some American Standardbred.

Mallorquín mares were traditionally bred to imported stallions, usually of French Trotter or Orlov Trotter breed, to produce Trotador Español, "Spanish Trotter", horses.

The French Trotter is a horse breed from Normandy, France, developed in the 19th century from Norman horses with the addition of some English Thoroughbred and Norfolk Trotter blood.

Although there have been infusions of American Standardbred blood, the French Trotter has retained its unusual habit of trotting on the diagonal, rather than adopting the lateral pacing of the Standardbred.

Three principal lines developed: a light draught horse, which became the Norman Cob of today; a fast harness-horse which was the origin of the present-day French trotter; and a general riding horse suitable for military use, the Anglo-Norman.

Although known as one of the best carriage horse breeds available in the early 20th century, the Carrossier Normand became extinct after the advent of the automobile, having been used to develop the French Trotter, Anglo-Norman and Norman Cob.

In due course Standardbred blood was added to give the Trotter more speed, but it has had no effect upon the unique character of the French Trotter, which is a conventional diagonal trotter, unlike the Standardbred, which in almost every instance is a lateral pacer.