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Dan Patch was a mahogany bay Standardbred stallion bred by Daniel (Dan) Messner Jr., a prosperous dry goods merchant from Oxford, Indiana.In late 1894, Messner purchased a three-year-old filly named Zelica for $255 (equal to $8,980 today), planning to use her as a buggy horse.
The German Trotter derives principally from the Orlov Trotter, with later influence from the French Trotter and the American Standardbred. [3]: 468 A stud-book for trotting horses in Germany is documented from 1896; it is now kept by the Hauptverband für Traberzucht e.V., formerly the Hauptverband für Traber-Zucht und -Rennen e.V., which also regulates all aspects of harness racing in the ...
Born in 1932, Greyhound was the outstanding trotting horse of his day and arguably the most outstanding in the history of the sport. He was nicknamed "The Great Grey Ghost" and "Silver-skinned Flyer." In 1935, he won the Hambletonian race and in 1938 he lowered the record time for trotting the
Varenne holds the record as the most widely traveled horse in the history of horse racing, winning in 7 countries and on two continents. He is the sole European trotter to win the Breeders Crown (2001) in the US, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] where he set the world speed record ( 1 mile in 1.51.1 - average per kilometer 1.09.1).
Horse historian Jean-Pierre Reynaldo calls her the "first star of French trotting" and France's most famous trotting mare in the 19th century, at a time when horses' careers were short and the media almost non-existent. [4] She [clarification needed] was named after the Prix Bayadère, a trial prize for fillies. [3]
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 Norfolk, and later ...
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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 ...