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Niger (trotter horse)
French trotter equine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Niger (born in 1869 at the Rouges-Terres stud farm, owned by Constant Forcinal) was a trotter horse originated from a lineage of the now-extinct French Trotter breed. A son of The Norfolk Phœnomenon, he was a grandson or great-grandson of the English stallion The Norfolk Phenomenon. His dam, Miss Bell, was a half-blood mare of English or American origin, reputed to have served Napoleon III.
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Sire | The Norfolk Phœnomenon |
Dam | Miss Bell |
Sex | Male |
Foaled | Valencourt, Bécassine, Formosa, Finance, Hébé III, Gréviste, Fleur de mai, and Mandragore Haras des Rouges-Terres |
Died | 1891 |
Color | Black |
Strongly influenced by the Norfolk Trotter, Niger, a small black stallion with a muscular, rounded body, is described as common-looking, with a large, bushy head. He bequeathed his brilliant gaits to his descendants, particularly at the trot, but also a hereditary respiratory ailment known as cornage. As such, although he is recognized as one of the breed leaders of the French Trotter, Niger became a controversial stallion. His male lineage disappeared at the beginning of the 20th century, but Niger remained the ancestor of the Narquois and Juvigny stallions, in the maternal lineages.