{"id":583,"date":"2010-08-09T04:04:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T04:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=583"},"modified":"2025-06-13T22:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T22:22:22","slug":"french-trotter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/french-trotter","title":{"rendered":"French Trotter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called  Norman Trotter and Trotteur fran\u00e7ais, the French Trotter&#8217;s genetics are perhaps the most closely tied to the Old Norman Horse of all the French breeds.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Breeding began early in the 19th century and developed from <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">English Thoroughbred<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/norfolk-roadster\">Norfolk Trotter<\/a>, Normandy and some <a href=\"\/breeds\/american-standardbred\">Standardbred<\/a> bloodlines. As interest in trotting continued to grow, so did the interest of breeding fast trotters. <\/p>\n<p>Breeding (and training) is generally done on smaller farms and by family breeders where selective breeding is taken seriously. Rigorous testing is required of animals allowed to be registered and bred, as these animals are literally bred to trot. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.1 &#8211; 16.2 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>There are not standardized features for this breed but characteristics seem to persist.<br \/>\nHead is handsome with a straight profile<br \/>\nBreastbone is prominent<br \/>\nCroup is long and wide<br \/>\nHindquarters are rather short<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Primarily racing<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheval-francais.eu\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trotteur Fran\u00e7ais &#8211; SECF, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d&#8217;encouragement \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9levage du cheval fran\u00e7ais<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/french-trotter-1.webp\" alt=\"French Trotter\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/french-trotter-2.webp\" alt=\"French Trotter\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/french-trotter-3.webp\" alt=\"French Trotter\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/french-trotter.webp\" alt=\"French Trotter\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/u4kg473\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_v6s38f5\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v6s38f5\",\"div\":\"rumble_v6s38f5\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQZG1eTzA5o?si=YjGZIERPIW2SWDXd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vDEaoSau4Q?si=py_TEqVfBDuH7h-q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also called Norman Trotter and Trotteur fran\u00e7ais, the French Trotter&#8217;s genetics are perhaps the most closely tied to the Old Norman Horse of all the French breeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9390,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/9390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}