Trotters a question

no it will come from the cob side, they are bred to be light animals, but with a bit of bone.. high head carriage if a horse has been used as a trotter will be explained by the harness they use.
 
Hackneys are the classic horse bred for knee action [also hind leg action] they look great in the trot but not much use as a dressage horse as they don't find the canter a good gait.
I did see a German dressage pony at the Yorkshire Riding Centre recently, it had good active gaits, [avoiding the word "pace"], I understand these "fabulous" creatures can make £200,000!!!!!!
 
ive got a 19 month old trotter x tb filly that i bought back last september. bought her from the sales off the gypsies. shes been turned away over the winter but whenever she plays with her friends she never paces and doesnt seem to have any problems getting up into canter. hope it doesnt suddenly appear as i hope she might make a nice junior eventer (she clears the six bar gate into the top field if she runs out of grass :D)
 
Hi there. I work for STAGBI (Standardbred and Trotting Horse Association of Great Britain and Ireland) and I'm writing an article for the next newsletter on ex-racehorses that are now being used for riding (jumping/hunting/dressage/endurance), carriage-driving and/or anything else. I'm trying to get people who own ex-racehorses to send me photos and information about what their Standardbred is up to, now that they no longer race. Hopefully, if I receive enough of a response from owners, I can make it a regular feature in the newsletter and people will be able to see where the horses that they bred have ended up.

I would be really grateful if any of you with a Standardbred could contact me, if you would like to see your horse in the newsletter. I can also answer queries on how to become a STAGBI member, and perhaps if your horse featured in the newsletter, we'd be able to uncover some of it's racing history from previous owners who read the article!

My email address is thomassa1989@hotmail.co.uk, feel free to send me photos of your horses demonstrating their versatility and talent off the racetrack and information about what they're up to now.

Thanks for your time,

Sarah
 
On my phone so can't quote anything :/. I have French trotter x cob. She came from gypsies and had been in a cart. She was young and in poor condition so turned her away for a year. After I re backed and started hacking out it took a couple of times to get canter instead of pacing. She's fine cantering on hacks but in a school is still quite unbalanced she goes into canter nicely but struggles round corners and will come back to trot. She's amazing to jump on. But haven't done anything really big. She has a lovely nature. Can be a bit lazy sometimes but does generally try quite hard. I'll put a pic up when I can get to a comp. x
 
i had a fantastic 14.2 that apparently was never raced but she must have been part bred. in canter she would canter in front but trot behind. this never caused an issue and regularly competed at 1.10 with 1.20s when i had the guts and she was fit enough! there was also a well known ex trotter on the irish grand prix circuit a few years ago, i think called zaras pride. she had the same 4 beat canter but did very well.
 
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