{"id":327,"date":"2010-08-09T01:07:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=327"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:09:43","slug":"burmese-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/burmese-pony","title":{"rendered":"Burmese Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called Bama Myinn and Shan pony, the Burmese pony isn&#8217;t a particularly refined breed. However their adaptability and ability to function on difficult terrain makes them well liked in the mountainous regions.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>While the origin of this pony is unknown, they are native to the Shan state of Eastern Burma and bred by the local tribes there. Similar in conformation to <a href=\"\/breeds\/bhotia-pony\">Bhutia<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/chamurthi\">Spiti<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/manipuri-pony\">Manipuri<\/a> ponies who all have ties to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/mongolian\">Mongolian<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> horses. Although the Burmese may carry the influence of many different Eastern breeds.<\/p>\n<p>Due to their mountain habitat, they are very sure footed, reliable and able to survive in a harsh tropical environment.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12 &#8211; 13 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is muscular<br \/>\nBack is long without pronounced withers<br \/>\nChest is deep and wide<br \/>\nLegs are fine but strong<br \/>\nHooves are small 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><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Quiet and willing, good for kids and beginners<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Mountain trekking<br \/>\nRiding pony<br \/>\nPack pony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also called Bama Myinn and Shan pony, the Burmese pony isn&#8217;t a particularly refined breed. However their adaptability and ability to function on difficult terrain makes them well liked in the mountainous regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[5,4,11,15],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-myanmar","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","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=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10242,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/10242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}