{"id":1694,"date":"2010-08-13T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:34:43","slug":"zangersheide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/zangersheide","title":{"rendered":"Zangersheide Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Created specifically for show jumping, the Zangersheide Horse, like many sport types is bred specifically for temperament and athletic performance.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Bred specifically at the stud farm in Zangersheide, Belgium, the Zangersheide was established in the early 1970&#8217;s to breed quality showjumping horses. By 1992 a studbook was created specifically for animals with natural jumping ability. <\/p>\n<p>Being relatively recent, this breed was developed using the latest scientific skill and selective breeding. This breed has grown and today is exported throughout Europe and even to Argentina. The latest DAD-IS shows their numbers at 4736-7104 in 2013.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 16 &#8211; 17 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Varies due to breeding for type rather than bloodlines<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Intelligent and bold<br \/>\nFriendly and calm<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Show horse<br \/>\nEventing horse<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/zangersheide-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Zangersheide Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Carlina_de_Tiji_Z_et_Pius_Schwizer_au_CSIO_de_La_Baule_2024_04.jpg\">Tsaag Valren<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/zangersheide-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Zangersheide Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Zangersheide_brand.jpg\">Just chaos<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 2.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>* all links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zangersheide.com\/en\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zangersheide Stud<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GiUbXbwjVjw?si=AdzISV_8KGu4oMct\" 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 Created specifically for show jumping, the Zangersheide Horse, like many sport types is bred specifically for temperament and athletic performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[5,4,11,15],"class_list":["post-1694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694","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=1694"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10268,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1694\/revisions\/10268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}