{"id":201,"date":"2010-08-08T23:54:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-08T23:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=201"},"modified":"2025-11-04T05:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:30:57","slug":"azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/azerbaijan","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called Guba, the Azerbaijan is a saddle horse that comes from regions of Azerbaijan, as well as parts of Georgia and Armenia. This breed has long been native to the area and are well adapted to herd life.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Developed as a saddle-pack animal, this breed was also favored as a war horse due to their robust character. The Azerbaijan stock has been enhanced with both <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\/\">Arabian<\/a> and Tersk blood. This breed is known for an unstable temperament (due to largely wild herding instincts) and their natural pacing gait.<\/p>\n<h3>Types of Azerbaijan Horse<\/h3>\n<p>These original native animals have given rise to several types of horses bred in the Azerbaijan region &#8211; they are generally named for their specific place of breeding. These types are: <a href=\"\/breeds\/karabakh\">Karabakh horse<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/guba\">Guba<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/shirvan\">Shirvan horse<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/azerbaijan\">Deliboz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.1 &#8211; 14 hands<br \/>\nHealthy with a long life span<br \/>\nNatural sense of balance<br \/>\nCan be a natural pacer<br \/>\nCan have a lengthwise fold in their tongue which gives the impression of a forked tongue<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is wedge shaped with large, expressive eyes<br \/>\nNeck is high-set, muscular and medium in length<br \/>\nChest is wide and well-developed<br \/>\nBack is short, straight and wide<br \/>\nLegs are very long and strong with good hooves<br \/>\nMane &#038; tail are sparse<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/dun\">dun<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/creme\">buckskin &#038; palomino<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Highly strung and full of vigor<br \/>\nFast<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Racehorses<br \/>\nPack horse<br \/>\nTransportation<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data.fei.org\/NFPages\/NF\/Details\/Federation\/11\/EQUESTRIAN-FEDERATION-OF-AZERBAIJAN\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equestrian Federation of Azerbaijan Republic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aamh.az\/alakbarli\/index.files\/Horses-of-Azerbaijan2.pdf\" target=\"blank\">Horses of Azerbaijan A Historical Survey<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/azerbaijan.webp\" alt=\"Azerbaijan Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/azerbaijan-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Azerbaijan 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\/4aapY8WufWw?si=HgWns0cha8VgE4H9\" 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 Also called Guba, the Azerbaijan is a saddle horse that comes from regions of Azerbaijan, as well as parts of Georgia and Armenia. This breed has long been native to the area and are well adapted to herd life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[5,4,32,11,30,15,31],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azerbaijan","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-buckskin","tag-chestnut","tag-dun","tag-grey","tag-palomino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","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=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10834,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/10834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}