{"id":1632,"date":"2010-08-13T13:32:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:54:51","slug":"west-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/west-sudan","title":{"rendered":"Western Sudan Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Origins<\/h3>\n

Also called the Darfur Pony, Gharkawi and Kordofani Western Sudan Pony comes from southern Darfur and southwestern Kordofan in Sudan.
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Origins<\/h3>\n

Early in the 20th century a government program was established to improve horses found in the country. Thoroughbred<\/a> and Arabian<\/a> stallions were imported and crossed with local mares (mostly of Barb<\/a> or Dongala<\/a> type). While this improved poorly bred local stock, it also diluted any native bloodlines that may exist. Sacrificing hardiness and type for size and speed. <\/p>\n

Traditionally, the Sudanese also prefer stallions, generally purchasing horses from neighboring breeders rather than manage broodmares. Both of the factors meant that by the late 20th century, most horses in the country had some outside influence flowing through their veins. Leaving the Dongala as perhaps the purest breed and closest to the original type found in the country today.<\/p>\n

Features<\/h3>\n

Average height 13.8 hands<\/p>\n

Physique<\/h3>\n

Characteristics
\nMore of a small horse in conformation
\nHead has a convex profile
\nShoulders are strong
\nLegs are thin and tend to be poorly conformed<\/p>\n

Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n

Generally Grey<\/a>, but can be found in chestnut<\/a>, bay<\/a> and brown<\/a><\/p>\n

Temperament<\/h3>\n

Intelligent and sociable<\/p>\n

Use<\/h3>\n

Riding
\nTransport
\nPack animal<\/p>\n

Top image from NSAG Van Es Collection<\/a> under the CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Origins Also called the Darfur Pony, Gharkawi and Kordofani Western Sudan Pony comes from southern Darfur and southwestern Kordofan in Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[5,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sudan","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","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=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9432,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions\/9432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}