Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter

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Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter
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Conservation status
  • Norway
  • FAO (2007): not at risk [1] : 86 
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk/endangered [2]
  • Sweden
  • FAO (2007): endangered [1] : 112 
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk/endangered [3]
Other names
  • Norsk Kaldblodstraver
  • Norwegian Coldblood Trotter
  • Svensk Kallblodstravare
  • Swedish Coldblood Trotter
  • North Swedish Trotter
Country of origin
  • Norway
  • Sweden
Useharness racing
Traits
Height
  • 146-159 cm
Colourpredominantly brown
Breed standards

The Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter consists of two closely related and interconnected breeds of trotting horse: the Norsk Kaldblodstraver or Norwegian Coldblood Trotter and the Svensk Kallblodstravare, the Swedish Coldblood Trotter or North Swedish Trotter. Coldblood trotters are the result of cross-breeding native coldblooded farm horses – in Norway the Dølehest, in Sweden the North Swedish Horse – with lighter and faster horses. [4] : 492  Although the Norwegian and Swedish coldblood trotters are substantially considered a single breed, [5] two national stud-books are maintained, and registration requirements differ in some respects between the two countries.

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Characteristics

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Mare and foal

The average height at the withers for stallions is 154 cm (15.1 hands ), and all individuals should stand at least 148 cm (14.2 hands ). Bay is the most common coat colour, followed by chestnut and black. It has a relatively small and square head with large nostrils. [6] [7] [8]

The Coldblood Trotter is well suited for the cold conditions in Scandinavia, and it can develop large amounts of winter hair. Compared to the Standardbred it is smaller, heavier, and more compact in build, and is not as fast as the Standardbred. [9]

Breed history

The Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter is the result of cross-breeding of native coldblooded farm horses – in Norway the Dølehest, in Sweden the North Swedish Horse – with lighter and faster horses. [4] : 492  Stud-books were started in 1939 in Norway and in 1964 in Sweden. [8] [2] [3] From about 1950 inter-breeding between the two breeds began, [2] to the point that they are now substantially considered to be a single breed. [5]

Both national types are endangered. In 2012 there were 1464 mares and 100 stallions of the Norwegian breed; [5] by 2019 those numbers had fallen to 764 and 64, for a total breeding stock of 828 head. [2] The corresponding numbers for Sweden in 2019 were 1380 and 180. [3] The conservation status of both is reported to DAD-IS as 'at risk/endangered'. [2] [3]

The Coldblood Trotter is mostly bred in Norway and Sweden. Coldblood Trotters are very rarely found outside the Nordic countries. As of 2017, there were around 7,000 horses and 500 new foals per year. [8]

Uses

The coldblood trotter is bred for use in harness racing. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 Breed data sheet: Norsk kaldblodstraver / Norway (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Breed data sheet: Kallblodstravare / Sweden (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed October 2022.
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Coldblooded trotter. Nordic Genetic Resource Center. Archived 3 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Avlsplan for kaldblodshester (in Norwegian). Det Norsk Travselskap. Archived 24 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Rasbeskrivning för den kallblodiga travarrasen" [Breed description for the cold-blooded trotter breed](PDF). Swedish Trotting Sport Association (in Swedish). pp. 93ff.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Élise Rousseau, Yann Le Bris, Teresa Lavender Fagan (2017). Horses of the World. p.74. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691167206 OL   26939697M .
  9. ↑ "Norwegian Coldblood Trotter". Chevaux du Monde.
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