{"id":213,"date":"2010-08-09T00:02:17","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T00:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=213"},"modified":"2025-04-02T14:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:40:01","slug":"bahr-el-ghazal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/bahr-el-ghazal","title":{"rendered":"Bahr-El-Ghazal Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Bahr-El-Ghazal, also called the Chadian is a domestic variety of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/dongola\">Dongala<\/a> breed from Chad in the area of Kreda and Ganaston.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Slightly taller than the <a href=\"\/breeds\/dongola\">Dongala<\/a>, the Bahr-El-Ghazal is a light horse with a reputation for poor quality. Lack of good management and poor local conditions have both contributed to the declining quality of the animals. <\/p>\n<p>There are no official breeding programs in Chad, which also contributes to bad breeding practices. There are estimated to be around 10,000 of this breed recorded today. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.5 \u2013 14.9<br \/>\nLightweight horse<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Face has convex profile<br \/>\nNeck is short and well connected<br \/>\nBack is long<br \/>\nChest is flat and high<br \/>\nLegs are thin<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, often with extensive <a href=\"\/colors\/markings\/legs\">white markings<\/a> on the legs and sometimes belly (an indication of <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\">pinto patterns<\/a>). <\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nRiding horse<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bahr-el-ghazal-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Bahr-El-Ghazal Horse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Transport_de_cheva.jpg\">Ahmat mahamat chaib<\/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\/bahr-el-ghazal-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Bahr-El-Ghazal Horse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Chadian_delegation.jpg\">Mark Knobil<\/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>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pH0xe1rNI_k?si=B4V2QhIHNzHq8zm0\" 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 Bahr-El-Ghazal, also called the Chadian is a domestic variety of the Dongala breed from Chad in the area of Kreda and Ganaston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[5,4],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chad","tag-bay","tag-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","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=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4364,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions\/4364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}