{"id":357,"date":"2010-08-09T01:46:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=357"},"modified":"2025-02-10T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:28:16","slug":"canik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/canik","title":{"rendered":"Canik Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A localized variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/anadolu-pony\">Anadolu<\/a>, the Canik is raised in wild herds of up to 500 animals and are well-liked for their aggressive attitude and ambling gaits.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This is an ancient Turkish breed which were kept pure until the 19th century, when the blood of Caucasus cavalry animals was added. Found in Anatolia near to the Black Sea in the Canik Mountains, for which they are named. The Canik has long been appreciated for their surefooted abilities on mountainous terrain and ambling gaits make them good saddle horse. <\/p>\n<p>According to the DAD-IS, as of 2003 this breed was at risk, however they provide no other information about them. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.2 &#8211; 14.2 hands<br \/>\nAgile &#038; surefooted<br \/>\nLateral four-beat gait<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Beautiful animals<br \/>\nMedium size head, with broad forehead and astraight profile<br \/>\nNeck is short<br \/>\nCroup is sloped<br \/>\nLeg and pasterns are very strong<br \/>\nHooves are strong and hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Found in most solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a>, but <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> is the most common<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Alert and energetic<br \/>\nBrave and nervous<br \/>\nCan be difficult<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding horse<br \/>\nPleasure horse<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.eaap.org\/2012\/13a_Yilmaz.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The domestic livestock resources of Turkey<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canik-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Canik Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canik-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Canik Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canik-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Canik Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/canik-horse-5.webp\" alt=\"Canik Horse\" \/>\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\/nrFKLi_P__0?si=Z59BjTgBURJXYMTh\" 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 A localized variety of Anadolu, the Canik is raised in wild herds of up to 500 animals and are well-liked for their aggressive attitude and ambling gaits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[126,25],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-at-risk","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","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=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8828,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/8828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}