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Cigar
10-05-2011, 07:58 AM
Such a beautiful breed. Has anyone seen them race?
serenassong
10-06-2011, 05:43 AM
Such a beautiful breed. Has anyone seen them race?

I haven't, but would love to see it.
Purcocious
10-06-2011, 12:39 PM
http://www.horses.ru/trakehn/trakehn_main.htm

Has some of their average times. They aren't too bad. 6f averages in 1:17.4, so about the same as most Arabians over here I do believe. Although, these are Russian Trakehners and not European Trakehners, like you would see in the Olympics.
drjohnh
10-06-2011, 02:20 PM
thanks, i had no idea that they are used for racing
Cigar
10-07-2011, 08:32 AM
They look alot like Thoroughbreds, but different, and I can't quite explain what is different.

Here is a gorgeous one, but not a racing one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr52K7mrjmo
PerfectSoul
10-08-2011, 12:10 PM
Trakehners have a lot of arab and thoroughbred blood, I believe. I didn't know that they race them. That's cool. I do know a lot of dressage people call them "tricky trakehners" because they are a bit smarter than the average dumbblood...er...warmblood.