{"id":367,"date":"2010-08-09T01:53:29","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=367"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:08:46","slug":"castilian-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/castilian-horse","title":{"rendered":"Castilian Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>This Castilian Horse was developed in Spain (back then called Castile) during the Middle Ages and today they are still known for their extra gaits called Paso Castillano or Castillian Time.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Developed during Spain&#8217;s heyday, this breed includes blood from European, Asian and northern African animals. The 8th century Moorish invasion brought <a href=\"\/breeds\/barb\">Barb<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> blood, which had an impact on all of the Iberian horses. Their bloodlines went on to become part of the foundation for the <a href=\"\/breeds\/andalusian-horse\/\">Andalusian breed<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The result of these crosses were proud, beautiful and possessed smooth gaits, which made them popular riding mounts and a primary source of transportation. Much later when the new world was discovered, many of these animals were shipped to the Americas (to create breeds still found there today). In Spain, the remainder of Castilian animals were absorbed into the Andalusian lines. <\/p>\n<p>Known not only for their lovely gaits, the strong dose of Asian blood created a tough little animal who can cover enormous distances on minimal resources. Their strength is truly remarkable. Today the Castilian Horse is still bred in Spain, a slow process finding pureblood animals who possess the special gait. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14 &#8211; 14.3 hands<br \/>\nTheir smooth, ambling gait defines this breed more than any other characteristic<br \/>\nStrong amd durable<br \/>\nPropensity for lateral movement is natural and passed through genetics<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Of balanced conformation<br \/>\nHead is noble<br \/>\nNeck is strong<br \/>\nBody is smooth and well muscled<br \/>\nLegs are short compared to their robust body<br \/>\nMake and forelock are fine, silky and abundant<br \/>\nBack is long and narrow<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a>, with <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> and dark skinned most desirable<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Energetic and obedient<br \/>\nMild nature<br \/>\nCourageous and true<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Improving other breeds<br \/>\nRiding horse<br \/>\nShow horse<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/castilian-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Castilian Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/castilian-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Castilian Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro This Castilian Horse was developed in Spain (back then called Castile) during the Middle Ages and today they are still known for their extra gaits called Paso Castillano or Castillian Time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spain","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","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=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10237,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/10237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}