Norfolk Trotter

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Norfolk Trotter
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A Norfolk Trotter stallion was imported to America in 1822, and he proved a major influence in the founding of the Standardbred horse breed. Norfolk Trotters also strongly influenced today's modern Hackney horse.

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1. Norfolk Trotter 2. Thoroughbred 3. Arabian
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The Thoroughbred blood was crossed with the British native Norfolk Trotters of East Anglia and eastern Yorkshire through a sire called Jary's Bellfounder, a trotting horse which also is credited with passing on his bloodlines to the Standardbred.

The ancestors of the Dales pony include to a large degree the Pennine Pony, with infusions of several other breeds including the Galloway, Norfolk Trotter and Wilson Pony blood.

In the heyday of coaching in the 19th century, horses were imported to Europe from England - the Norfolk Trotter, the Yorkshire Coach, the Cleveland Bay, the Hackney - to be crossed on the native mares, ...

The foundation to the breed of Standardbred horse was laid by Narrangansett Pacer and the Canadian Pacer, Norfolk Trotter, Morgan, Hackney and the Thouroughbreds. Bloodlines were selected by the breeders that would create the fastest horses.

It is also known as the Norfolk Trotter, and it forms the foundation for most of the existing trotting horse breeds. It is almost guaranteed that it had the same ancestors as the Suffolk Punch.

They were a cross between Norfolk Trotters and Yorkshire Trotters. Also known as Roadsters, both of these trotters were prized for their movement and trotting speed.

The Postier Breton has blood of the English Norfolk Trotter and Hackney that it acquired in the nineteenth century. It is strong has an attractive gait, and stands an average of 15.1 hands.

But the modern Hackney Horse roots can be found in the 1700's in Norfolk, England, where the horses called Norfolk Trotters had been selectively bred for elegant style and speed.

Most Buckskins are of Spanish origin, European pony origin, or of America's Norfolk Trotter origin. This is mainly due to the fact that Dun coloration in these bloodlines was not frowned upon as it was with horses that contained Arab background.

The Norfolk Trotter became the all-around travel horse of this time.
Regardless of the name, all are the same breed of horse.
In the early 1880's the name Hackney was chosen for the breed as it was non-geographical.

Originated in: The UK; a combination of Arab, Thoroughbred and Norfolk Trotter (now extinct) bloodlines
Height: 14 to 16 hands high
Colour: Bay, black, brown or chestnut.

Later the English Thoroughbred and the French Norfolk Trotter, which is now extinct, where crossed and they create the Anglo-Norman horse.

The Hackney originated in Norfolk, England, where the horses called Norfolk Trotters had been selectively bred for elegant style and speed.

The most influential breed was the Anglo-Norman, developed in Normandy in the 19th century by crossing Norfolk Trotter, Thoroughbred, and Arabian stallions to refine the local mares (which themselves traced back to the medieval Norman war-horse).

Of the two Yorkshire Hackneys were known to be a more refined almost riding type, while the Norfolk Trotter was more of a robust carriage horse.

During the nineteenth century, Norman breeders imported English Thoroughbreds and Norfolk Trotters to cross with their native stock.

Arabian, Thoroughbred, Norfolk Trotter and the Hackney.
Breton interesting facts
This breed is known for stability.

These horses developed from crossbreeding with the Hackney and Norfolk Trotter. Their gait is attractive and they grow to a height of 15.1 hh. The largest type is known as the Heavy Draft Breton which is employed for the most difficult draft work.

One of the more successful crosses used the stallion Odin, described as both a Norfolk Trotter and a Thoroughbred. Odin's blood produced a lighter horse with a better trot stride, and maintained the power in the hindquarters.

It was developed in the 18th century by crossing Thoroughbreds with the Norfolk trotter, a large-sized trotting harness horse originating in and around Norfolk. An important sire was the Shales horse (about 1760).

So, the French Trotter was developed. This horse is a mixture of an English Thoroughbred and a Norfolk trotter which was commonly seen in Great Britain. Sometimes, the breed is matched with Normandy mares.

Examples of these horses are Flemish stallions from the Netherlands, Hackneys, Norfolk Trotters, Cleveland Bays etc. During this period the Basotho under Moshesh raided the Boer and became a mounted nation.

See also: Thoroughbred, Stallion, Bay, Chestnut, Hackney