[4]: 101 Trotting races were held in the Balearic Islands from the latter part of the nineteenth century.

[5]: 483  Trotting horses were bred by putting local Mallorquín and Menorquín mares to imported stallions, usually of French Trotter or Orlov Trotter origin.

[1] Breeding is now usually by artificial insemination with semen from French Trotter or American Standardbred stallions.

[6]: 40 Genetic study has found little recent influence of the Mallorquín and Menorquín on the Spanish Trotter,.despite their contribution to its early development.

[6]: 41 The Spanish Trotter is bred for performance in trotting races.