{"id":10059,"date":"2025-10-22T23:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=10059"},"modified":"2025-10-22T23:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:55:19","slug":"windsor-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/windsor-grey","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Grey Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Not an official breed, the Windsor Grey Horse is more of a color type, used exclusively for royal pageantry in the UK.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This type has been in use for quite a long time, bred exclusively for their grey coat, calm temperament and harness abilities, this is a very unique type of horse. Traditionally used to pull the royal carriage at landmark events like coronations and weddings, these traditions persist to this day. They can only be found in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace where they are housed and bred. Upon retirement they are put out to pasture. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has a straight or convex profile<br \/>\nEars are straight<br \/>\nNeck is elegant<br \/>\nBack is long<br \/>\nHindquarters are muscular<br \/>\nHooves are dark<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Always <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Balanced and mild<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>UK royal ceremony<br \/>\nSport<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windsorlocalhistorygroup.org\/windsor-greys\/\" target=\"blank\">Windsor Local History Group<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rct.uk\/visit\/the-royal-mews-buckingham-palace\/highlights-of-the-royal-mews\" target=\"blank\">Royal Collection Trust<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/Royal-Wedding-Horses\" target=\"blank\">The Royal Family<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/windsor-grey-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Windsor Grey Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/windsor-grey-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Windsor Grey Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MBcL3bFs0BA?si=hggi_1mIPz8lbrmY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W4Cbt8_uk3Y?si=P2_iL5_VaaV7O2W2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Not an official breed, the Windsor Grey Horse is more of a color type, used exclusively for royal pageantry in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-10059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059","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=10059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10062,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059\/revisions\/10062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}