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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.
Bayadère is a daughter of The Norfolk Phœnomenon who had sired other trotting horses including Électeur and Yelva. [3] [28] Bayadère's dam (who was also named Bayadère [29]) ran in trotting races, and had been blinded in one eye by a whip. [8] [14] She died after giving birth to Bayadère, her only offspring. [14]
Phaéton was thus marked by a dual origin between Thoroughbred gallopers in his paternal line, and a mix between Norfolk Trotters and English half-bred hunters in his maternal line. Édouard Nicard believed that the combination of Thoroughbred and Norfolk Trotter was the key to Phaéton's success as a sire, the former conferring speed, the ...
A light horse breed founded in Tennessee, the walking horse is a mix of various breeds, including the Narragansett and Canadian pacer, standardbred, thoroughbred, Morgan, and saddlebred.
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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