{"id":343,"date":"2010-08-09T01:39:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=343"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:02:55","slug":"campolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/campolina","title":{"rendered":"Campolina Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Campolina is one of the larger Brazilian breeds and notable for their characteristic convex nose.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Developed by Cassiano Campolina in Entre Rios de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil in 1857 and ramped up in 1870 when a mare named Med\u00e9ia (of <a href=\"\/breeds\/barb\">Barb<\/a> blood) was crossed with an <a href=\"\/breeds\/andalusian-horse\">Andalusian<\/a> stallion. The result of this coupling was a dark grey colt named Monarca who is considered the flagship stud of the Campolina breed. <\/p>\n<p>Over the years breeding concentrated on genetic improvement and smoothness of gait, adding the influence of <a href=\"\/breeds\/mangalarga-marchador\">Mangalarga Machador<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/anglo-norman\">Anglo-Norman<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/clydesdale\">Clydesdale<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/holsteiner\">Holsteiner<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/american-saddlebred\">American Saddle horse<\/a> bloodlines. In 1934 the studbook was closed to outside types and a breed standard was created (which was later updated in 1975 and 1993). <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15 &#8211; 16.2 hands<br \/>\nGaited breed and have a smooth, ambling gait<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is trapezoidal in shape with convex profile &#8211; though not a true Roman nose<br \/>\nNeck is arched, muscular and proportioned<br \/>\nChest is deep and wide<br \/>\nBack is medium in length<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is silky<br \/>\nLegs are strong with well-defined tendons and strong joints<br \/>\nHooves are round, solid, dark and hard<br \/>\nTail is low set<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Easy mannered and well behaved<br \/>\nDocile but active and proud<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding horse<br \/>\nDressage horse<br \/>\nDriving<\/p>\n<h3>Useful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.campolina.org.br\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campolina Horse Brazilian Breeders Association, (ABCCCampolina)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/images\/campolina-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Campolina Horse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:Amazona01\">Amazona01<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.enhttps:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/images\/campolina-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Campolina Horse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:Amazona01\">Amazona01<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.enhttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/images\/campolina-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Campolina Horse\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:Amazona01\">Amazona01<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.enhttps:\/\/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<\/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\/h9RXuNClUe0?si=BKvvg9DpuUvRDPrA\" 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 Campolina is one of the larger Brazilian breeds and notable for their characteristic convex nose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brazil","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","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=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10325,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/10325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}