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Norfolk Trotter. The Norfolk Trotter is a historical horse breed once native to East Anglia and Norfolk, England. It was said to be "a large-sized trotting harness horse originating in and around Norfolk". In 1542, King Henry VIII required the wealthy to keep a specified number of trotting-horse stallions. The breed was well established in ...
The Norfolk Phœnomenon was a black stallion, 1.59 m tall. [5] [11] Jean-Pierre Reynaldo describes him as an ugly horse who "knew how to trot". [11] Indeed, his trotting action is described (by stud inspector A. Ollivier) as "extraordinary". [7] [8] He also had a number of conformation faults, such as hollow knees and a poorly developed chest. [7]
Niger, photographed by the Delton studio. Niger was a black stallion, measuring 1.53 m according to Guillerot (1896), [2] or 1.63 m according to Edmond Gast (1889). [9] A "small, full-bodied horse" [12] by design, he was much closer to his father, and therefore to the Norfolk Trotter, than to his mother, who seems to have had no influence on his appearance.
Phaéton (or Phaëton, born 1871, died 1896) was an Anglo-Norman trotting horse, son of the Thoroughbred The Heir of Linne, considered a founding stallion of the French Trotter breed. An average competitor, Phaéton, a cross between a Thoroughbred and a Norfolk Trotter , made his name thanks to the excellent performances of his offspring during ...
Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. is a North American Standardbred horse breeding facilities. Its history traces back to the early 1900s. Its history traces back to the early 1900s. In the book Quest For Excellence , Dean Hoffmann, an executive editor of Hoof Beats magazine, chronicled the farm's history as it approached its 75th anniversary in 2001.
The Hackney Horse breed was developed in the 14th century in Norfolk when the King of England required powerful but attractive horses with an excellent trot, to be used for general purpose riding horses. Since roads were rudimentary in those times, Hackneys were a primary riding horse, riding being the common mode of equine transportation.
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[4] [5] He believed that trotting races were the best way to select breeding stock for producing saddle horses. [5] The best of the Anglo-Norman trotting horses emerged between 1820 and 1870, with five major stallions becoming the foundation bloodstock for the French Trotter breed, [6] which officially split from the Anglo-Norman breed in 1906. [7]