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The Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter is the result of cross-breeding of native coldblooded farm horses – in Norway the Dølehest, in Sweden the North Swedish Horse – with lighter and faster horses. [4]: 492 Stud-books were started in 1939 in Norway and in 1964 in Sweden. [2][3] From about 1950 inter-breeding between the two breeds began, [2 ...
Harness racing (also known as trotting), is a popular sport in Sweden, with significant amounts of money wagered annually. In Sweden there are 33 harness racing tracks, which hold over 850 meetings annually. There are approximately 3,000 drivers and 6,000 trainers with about 18,000 horses in training. Betting on horse racing is common in Sweden ...
Equus ferus caballus. The North Swedish Horse or Swedish: Nordsvensk Brukshäst is a Swedish breed of small heavy horse. It is closely related to the similar Dølehest breed of Norway. [4]: 282 It was traditionally used for forestry and agricultural work. Lighter lines are bred for harness racing, and are registered in the stud-book of the ...
horse, sulky, horse harness. Venue. dirt racetrack. Presence. Country or region. Worldwide. Harness racing. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.
Harness racing in Sweden. Category for harness racing in Sweden. Includes pacing, trotting and standardbred horses.
Järvsöfaks (23 June 1994 – 19 October 2020) [1] was a Swedish trotter. He held the current coldblood trotter 's world record in wins, consecutive wins (42), and the coldblood trotter world record time, 1:17.9 per kilometre. His bloodlines included both Swedish and Norwegian coldblood trotters. Järvsöfaks was driven and trained by Jan-Olov ...
A trotter's disposition is evaluated during the drivability test. [41] However, type is not part of the studbook evaluation standard for trotters. [42] The trotter type has existed as a separate breeding section since 1965, when the "universal horse" section of the Finnhorse studbook was renamed and replaced by the trotter section.
Equus ferus caballus. The Fjord or Norwegian Fjord Horse (Norwegian: fjordhest) is a relatively small but very strong horse breed from the mountainous regions of western Norway. It is an agile breed of light draught horse build. It is always dun in colour, with five variations in shade recognised in the breed standard.