The Sandan or Shandan horse comes specifically from the Sandan military stud farm which is at the foot of the Qilian Shan mountain range in China.
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Although the geographic and weathers conditions are rough, the Sandan plateau has historically been known for their fine, hardy horses. The Sandan stud farm has traditional roots that reach far back into history, but this breed wasn’t established until early in the 20th century when the stud was restored. They were developed in response to a need for larger animals and crossed with Don<\/a> animals. The offspring again being crossed with a Don. While the Don is a robust Russian type, the resulting cross was less hardy and adaptable than native animals. <\/p>\n By 1980 the crossbreeding programs were brought to a close and the breed was officially recognized with a set of standards. The breed is bred at high altitudes and seasonally grazed, although during winter they are provided shelter and food. <\/p>\n At the turn of the 21st century their use in the military was halted and the stud sold their animals for tourism. Today the stud has been privatized. <\/p>\n Average height 13.3 – 14 hands<\/p>\n Head is light Generally bay<\/a>, but can also be chestnut<\/a> <\/p>\n Good tempered<\/p>\n Riding horse Intro The Sandan or Shandan horse comes specifically from the Sandan military stud farm which is at the foot of the Qilian Shan mountain range in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","tag-bay","tag-chestnut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058","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=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10410,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions\/10410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Features<\/h3>\n
Physique<\/h3>\n
\nNeck is plain
\nBody os solid
\nLegs are dry and clean with large joints
\nFeet are hard <\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
Use<\/h3>\n
\nPack animal
\nLight draft
\nMilitary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"