{"id":260,"date":"2010-08-09T00:28:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T00:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=260"},"modified":"2025-01-20T13:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:52:24","slug":"beledougou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/beledougou","title":{"rendered":"Beledougou Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called the Banamba, The Beledougou is a variety of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/dongola\">West African Dongola<\/a> (with <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> influence) and was developed in Mali, Africa.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Traditionally bred by the Markas people who live in the Koulikoro Region of Mali. The <a href=\"\/breeds\/baluchi-horse\">Baluchi horse<\/a> of Pakistan is related to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/dongola\">West African Barb<\/a> through the Beledougou.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.4-15 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has straight or slightly convex profile<br \/>\nNeck is muscular<br \/>\nEars are long<br \/>\nLegs are strong<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Calm and willing<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transport<br \/>\nCart horse<br \/>\nRacing<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/beledougou-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Beledougou Horse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Loves2020Africa_(13).jpg\">BluesyPete<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/beledougou-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Beledougou Horse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Loves2020Africa_(14).jpg\">BluesyPete<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit\">Top image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ksharpphoto\/4270580773\/\">Kevin Sharp<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">CC BY-NC 2.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also called the Banamba, The Beledougou is a variety of the West African Dongola (with Arabian influence) and was developed in Mali, Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[5,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mali","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260","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=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5228,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260\/revisions\/5228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}