{"id":246,"date":"2010-08-09T00:21:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T00:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=246"},"modified":"2025-01-31T19:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:33:48","slug":"barra-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/barra-pony","title":{"rendered":"Barra Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Barra or Bara pony is an extinct breed as of the mid 20th Century, but was once a small variety of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/eriskay-pony\">Hebridean Pony<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This pony comes from Hebrides, Scotland where they were used for transportation, cart horses and pack animals. Intense weather, harsh climate conditions and needs of the local people created a stout, robust pony.  <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.3 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is small for the body with small ears<br \/>\nNeck is medium length and well connected<br \/>\nChest is ample and deep<br \/>\nSubstantial withers<br \/>\nBack is long and croup is sloped<br \/>\nLegs are thin and large-jointed<br \/>\nRump too small for the body size<br \/>\nMane &#038; tail bushy and tail is low set<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Predominately <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Quiet and calm<br \/>\nCould be stubborn<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nTransportation<br \/>\nPack animal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Barra or Bara pony is an extinct breed as of the mid 20th Century, but was once a small variety of the Hebridean Pony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[5,125],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scotland","tag-bay","tag-extinct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","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=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8496,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/8496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}