{"id":1015,"date":"2010-08-09T14:19:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T14:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:15:35","slug":"quarter-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/quarter-pony","title":{"rendered":"Quarter Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Quarter Pony is essentially a smaller version of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/quarter-horse\">Quarter Horse<\/a> and stems from animals that didn&#8217;t meet the American Quarter Horse Association&#8217;s height requirement.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Although height requirements were later phased out, the development of Quarter Ponies continued and they have become popular pony mounts in the US. Essentially any stock type pony that is under 14.2 can be registered, although the breed favors those with Quarter Horse blood. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 11.2 &#8211; 14.2 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is short and broad<br \/>\nEars are small<br \/>\nEyes are kind and wide set<br \/>\nNeck is medium in length and slightly arched<br \/>\nChest is deep and broad<br \/>\nLegs are clean<br \/>\nBack is short and powerful<br \/>\nHooves are rounded with a deep, open heel<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Even-tempered<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Show pony<br \/>\nRiding pony<br \/>\nDriving<br \/>\nEquestrian sport<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>* all links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalquarterpony.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Quarter Pony Association<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anqpsociety.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Quarter Pony Association<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/quarter-pony-2.webp\" alt=\"Quarter Pony\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/quarter-pony-3.webp\" alt=\"Quarter Pony\" 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\/INwH_YZ99Fc?si=ZwHN1huPe1DPyBA1\" 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\/K5QTryPGL-I?si=IwOIchQCaV_1r76L\" 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 The Quarter Pony is essentially a smaller version of the Quarter Horse and stems from animals that didn&#8217;t meet the American Quarter Horse Association&#8217;s height requirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015","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=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9142,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions\/9142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}