{"id":10017,"date":"2025-10-19T23:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=10017"},"modified":"2025-10-19T23:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T23:26:20","slug":"suoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/suoke","title":{"rendered":"Suoke Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Not an official breed, the Souke Horse is a variety of the sturdy <a href=\"\/breeds\/hequ\">Hequ breed<\/a>, an incredibly old set of bloodlines.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Records of Hequ animals (originally called Nanfan horses) date back to the T\u2019ang dynasty in the 7th century. Over time several types have emerged, the Suoke, <a href=\"\/breeds\/jiaoke\">Jiaoke<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/kesheng\">Kesheng<\/a>, developed to meet local needs and differing slightly. Considered a small mountain horse, they tend to be quite robust and of the three types the Souke tends to be a bit finer than the other two. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.8-14.8 hands <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is wide with a straight or convex profile<br \/>\nEars are long and thin<br \/>\nNostrils are wide<br \/>\nNeck is short<br \/>\nShoulders are inclined<br \/>\nChest is wide<br \/>\nback is long<br \/>\nHindquarters are slightly inclined<br \/>\nTail is high set<br \/>\nLegs are strong<br \/>\nHooves are wide<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally in <a href=\"colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a>, <a href=\"colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a> or <a href=\"colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Calm and willing<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nLight agriculture<br \/>\nMeat production<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/suoke-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Suoke Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Not an official breed, the Souke Horse is a variety of the sturdy Hequ breed, an incredibly old set of bloodlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[5,4,118,15],"class_list":["post-10017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10021,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions\/10021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}