{"id":8691,"date":"2025-02-05T22:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=8691"},"modified":"2025-02-05T22:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T22:25:35","slug":"spanish-trotter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/spanish-trotter","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Trotter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Trotador Espa\u00f1ol or Spanish Trotter, like most European trotter breeds is bred specifically for racing.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Trotting came into fashion in Spain early 20th century. During this time, some breeders turned towards breeding racehorses, using a foundation of <a href=\"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/anglo-norman\">Anglo-Norman<\/a> animals. By the 1920s, breeding began to expand and a type emerged. Bred specifically in the Balearic Islands, they are sometimes called the Mallorcan Trotter.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.7-16.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Body is broad<br \/>\nBack and shoulders are robust<br \/>\nHindquarters are well muscled<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a>, rarely with <a href=\"\/colors\/markings\">white markings<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Intelligent and cooperative<br \/>\nBrave and spirited<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Racing<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Breeders and Owners of Trotting Horses<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapa.gob.es\/en\/ganaderia\/temas\/zootecnia\/razas-ganaderas\/razas\/catalogo-razas\/equino-caballar\/trotador-espanol\/default.aspx\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official Breeds Catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Trotador Espa\u00f1ol or Spanish Trotter, like most European trotter breeds is bred specifically for racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[126,127,25],"class_list":["post-8691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spain","tag-at-risk","tag-endangered","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8691","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=8691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8693,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8691\/revisions\/8693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}