Standardbred in Portrait & Action
This drawing is on top grade heavy-weight stock Beginning at the top center then continuing down the The bottom center says: The Standardbred is the official name Continuing on the left side from the bottom up it says: Rysdyk's Size: 15" X 19" $9.99
in Duotone with Calligraphy, showing the
Standardbred Horse in portrait and action.
right side, it says: Sam Savitt Horse Breed Series. The
Trotter has a two beat gait in which the diagonal legs move
together. 'Sleepy Tom,' a blind pacer, in 1879 paced the
fastest mile in the world 2:12-1/4. 'Greyhound,' one of the
greatest trotters of all time, in 1938 did a record mile 1:55-1/4.
of American trotting and pacing horses. The breed dates from 1879.
He is heavier limbed and more robust than the Thoroughbred
with longer body and shorter legs. He possesses
tremendous heart and stamina.
'Hambletonian,' foaled in 1849, was the father of the modern
Standardbred trotter. Messenger, a Thoroughbred foaled in
1780, was the most renowned progenitor of the Standardbred.
The Pacer has a two beat gait in which the lateral legs move together.
