{"id":389,"date":"2010-08-09T02:10:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T02:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=389"},"modified":"2025-01-06T21:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:40:48","slug":"chapman-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/chapman-horse","title":{"rendered":"Chapman Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Also called Vardy, Northumberland Chapman and Bakewell, the Chapman horse is an extinct breed that was once native to England. Their name came about because they were used by chapmen (traveling salesmen) as pack horses for their wares. Although this breed was a versatile animal and strong enough to withstand much more strenuous labor.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nDuring the English Civil War this breed saw an influx of new blood, namely that of Spanish animals. The late 17th century brought African <a href=\"\/breeds\/barb\">Barb<\/a> blood and the descendants of their offspring later became the <a href=\"\/breeds\/cleveland-bay\">Cleveland Bay<\/a> (which are a lighter breed).<\/p>\n<p>Later in the 18th century <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> stock contributed in the hopes of creating taller, but lighter and faster animals for pulling carriages. After centuries of breeding, the bloodlines of the Chapman horse had been so heavily influenced by outside blood that the original breed had become lost. <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Relatively short<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Energetic and proud<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Pack horse<br \/>\nRiding horse<br \/>\nAgriculture<br \/>\nCarriage horse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Origins Also called Vardy, Northumberland Chapman and Bakewell, the Chapman horse is an extinct breed that was once native to England. Their name came about because they were used by chapmen (traveling salesmen) as pack horses for their wares. Although this breed was a versatile animal and strong enough to withstand much more strenuous labor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,144],"tags":[5,125],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england","category-uk","tag-bay","tag-extinct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","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=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7205,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/7205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}