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Phaéton (trotter horse)
French trotter horse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phaéton (or Phaëton, born 1871, died 1896) was an Anglo-Norman trotting horse, son of the Thoroughbred The Heir of Linne, considered a founding stallion of the French Trotter breed. An average competitor, Phaéton, a cross between a Thoroughbred and a Norfolk Trotter, made his name thanks to the excellent performances of his offspring during his stallion career at the Haras National du Pin. Phaéton became one of the four great founders of the modern French Trotteur, along with the stallions Normand, Conquérant and Lavater.
Phaéton was a 1.61 m chestnut stallion, strongly marked with white and renowned for his good looks, despite a hereditary defect in the conformation of his hocks. His male line continues through his son James Watt, the line of his best son, Harley, having disappeared.