Belgian Trotter
| Conservation status | FAO (2007): no data[1]: 9 |
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| Country of origin | Belgium |
The Belgian Trotter, Dutch: Belgische Draver, French: Trotteur Belge, is a Belgian breed of trotting horse. It is used mostly for racing in harness to a sulky, but may also run in saddled trotting races.
History
[edit]The Belgian Trotter originates from cross-breeding of local carriage and saddle horses with imported Thoroughbred stock, and so may also be called Halfbloeddraver, "half-blood trotter".[2]: 12 It has been influenced by the American Standardbred, the German Trotter and the French Trotter, to which it is closely similar, although it may be somewhat smaller and lighter.[3]: 444 [4]: 166
Since 2009 the stud-book has been held by the Vlaamse Federatie voor Paardenwedrennen.[5]
In 2012 total numbers were reported to be 1085.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Accessed January 2017.
- ^ Paul De Brauwer (2004). Het Belgisch trekpaard: een levend monument (in Dutch). Warnsveld: Lannoo. ISBN 9789020958294.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ^ Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206.
- ^ Avis Officiel – Officiele Berichten: Fevrier – Februari 2009 (in French and Dutch). Jockey-Club de Belgique – Belgische Jockey Club. Accessed June 2019.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Trotteur Belge / Belgium (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed April 2019.