{"id":371,"date":"2010-08-09T01:59:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T01:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=371"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:08:33","slug":"cayuse-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/cayuse-pony","title":{"rendered":"Cayuse Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Not as well known as horses from the other tribes, the Cayuse pony is a distinct breed from the northwest and originated in the 19th century.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Their conformation and bloodlines differ from the <a href=\"\/breeds\/american-mustang\">American mustang<\/a>, Spanish <a href=\"\/breeds\/barb\">Barb<\/a> and other wild strains. Frederic Remington who sketched the old west described the Cayuse Indian Pony as &#8220;Generally roan in color, with always a tendency this way, no matter how slight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The actual history of this breed has been lost to time, but it is generally accepted that they come from <a href=\"\/breeds\/percheron\">Percheron<\/a> animals imported into Canada in the 17th century. Years later the Canadians brought these animals into American territory and bartered them with the Native people who brought them west. Eventually the heaver strains were crossed with the lighter Spanish animals. <\/p>\n<p>The Cayuse pony had become its own breed by the 19th century and the people they were named for were known for their superior horsemanship. The heavier animals from the north had tendencies to carry white patterns and the Cayuse bred selectively for color as well. <\/p>\n<p>Today the breed is on the edge of extinction and only a handful exist. There is a small herd in Porterville, California which is optimistic that the breed will recover. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14 hands<br \/>\nSmall &#038; stocky<br \/>\nEasy ambling gait<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Unusually long canon bone<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\">pinto<\/a> patterns especially prized<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Capable &#038; willing<br \/>\nSpirited &#038; hardy<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nAgriculture<br \/>\nTransportation<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cayuse-pony-2.webp\" alt=\"Cayuse Pony\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cayuse-pony-3.webp\" alt=\"Cayuse Pony\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cayuse-pony-4.webp\" alt=\"Cayuse Pony\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cayuse-pony-5.webp\" alt=\"Cayuse Pony\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\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\/TXA0Dg8L6Z8?si=5Y0Jmb0vt0rnG036\" 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<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8wT84_fr24?si=ph74crfBzMey0h-N\" 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 Not as well known as horses from the other tribes, the Cayuse pony is a distinct breed from the northwest and originated in the 19th century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371","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=371"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10236,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371\/revisions\/10236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}