{"id":296,"date":"2010-08-09T00:46:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T00:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=296"},"modified":"2025-01-07T21:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:55:30","slug":"bosnian-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/bosnian-pony","title":{"rendered":"Bosnian Mountain Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Along with the <a href=\"\/breeds\/carpathian-pony\">Hucul<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/breeds\/konik\">Konik ponies<\/a>, the Bosnian Mountain Horse is one of the Balkan breeds and all three share the same ancestors.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Also called Bosanski Brdski Konj, Bosnian Pony and Bosniak the Bosnian Mountain Horse is thought to be descendant of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/tarpan\">Tarpan<\/a> with <a href=\"\/breeds\/mongolian\">Mongolian<\/a> influence. By the 17th and 18th centuries many of the bloodlines had been diluted with the blood of eastern horses. Today they are a hardy mountain breed. <\/p>\n<p>A large percentage of horses in the country are of this breed and it is an important part of the area&#8217;s history. However their breeding programs have been affected by war. Today they are considered at risk and according to the DAD-IS as of 2003 there were 12390 left.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.3 &#8211; 14. hands<br \/>\nSmall, compact and sturdy<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is heavy with straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is short and muscular<br \/>\nBack is short and straight<br \/>\nChest is deep and wide<br \/>\nLegs are strong, short and muscular with broad joints<br \/>\nHoof is well-formed and hard<\/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\">palomino<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Docile and good natured<br \/>\nSurefooted and hardy<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Farm animal<br \/>\nTransportation<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\/bosnian-pony.webp\" alt=\"Bosnian Pony\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bosnian-pony-2.webp\" alt=\"Bosnian Pony\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bosnian-pony-3.webp\" alt=\"Bosnian Pony\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bosnian-pony-1.webp\" alt=\"Bosnian Pony\"  \/>\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\/OSw4VzwvfoY?si=srDXTWkwCCZDdaxd\" 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 Along with the Hucul and the Konik ponies, the Bosnian Mountain Horse is one of the Balkan breeds and all three share the same ancestors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[126,5,4,11,30,15,31],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bosnia","tag-at-risk","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-dun","tag-grey","tag-palomino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","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=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7237,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/7237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}