Belgian Trotter

Belgian Trotter
Conservation status
Other names
  • Belgische Draver
  • Trotteur Belge
  • Halfbloeddraver
Country of originBelgium

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

The Belgian Trotter originates from cross-breeding of local carriage and saddle horses with imported Thoroughbred stock, and so may also be called 'Halfbloeddraver' or 'half-blood trotter'.[3]: 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.[4]: 444 [5]: 166 

Since 2009 the stud-book has been held by the Vlaamse Federatie voor Paardenwedrennen.[6]

In 2013 the total number of the horses was estimated to be in the range 442–663, with 221 brood-mares and 81 stallions distributed among 26 breeders.[2]

References

  1. ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (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: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Breed data sheet: Trotteur Belge / Belgium (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed November 2024.
  3. ^ Paul De Brauwer (2004). Het Belgisch trekpaard: een levend monument (in Dutch). Warnsveld: Lannoo. ISBN 9789020958294.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167206.
  6. ^ Avis Officiel – Officiele Berichten: Fevrier – Februari 2009 (in French and Dutch). Jockey-Club de Belgique – Belgische Jockey Club. Archived 23 June 2019.