Spanish Trotter

Spanish Trotter
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not listed
  • DAD-IS (2025): at risk/vulnerable
Other names
Country of originSpain
DistributionBalearic Islands, principally Mallorca     
StandardMinisterio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (page 4, in Spanish)
Usetrotting racing
Traits
Height
  • Male:
    170 cm
  • Female:
    160 cm
Colourany colour, usually chestnut

The Spanish Trotter, Spanish: Trotador Español, Catalan: Trotó Balear, is the national breed of trotting horse of Spain. It is reared almost exclusively in the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, predominantly in the island of Mallorca, but also in Menorca and Ibiza.