{"id":393,"date":"2010-08-09T02:12:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T02:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=393"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T12:03:31","slug":"charollais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/charollais","title":{"rendered":"Charollais Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>This is an ancient breed that comes from a cross between <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">Thoroughbred<\/a> and Anglo Norman animals and was originally bred as a calvary mount. These days, they are popular sporting mounts often used for hunting.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>A French bloodstock horse, these animals were bred specifically in the Charolles region and are thought to have oriental origin. Although their actual ancestry is unknown their versatility and supreme endurance led them to become a popular saddle mount. <\/p>\n<p>Originally a rustic, tough little horse the Charollais slowly transformed and refined over time to become a lighter, swifter animal. In 1958 they were officially merged into the French Saddle horse and as a distinct breed they no longer exist. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15 &#8211; 16.2 hands<br \/>\nTough, hardy animals<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is short and strong with bold ears<br \/>\nNeck is short and sharp<br \/>\nBody is short and round<br \/>\nLegs are strong and sound<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Any solid <a href=\"\/colors\">color<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Sensible and willing<br \/>\nSober and robust<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Highly regarded as a Calvary mount<br \/>\nUsed for eventing, jumping and dressage<br \/>\nSaddle horse<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/charollais-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Charollais Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/charollais-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Charollais Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro This is an ancient breed that comes from a cross between Thoroughbred and Anglo Norman animals and was originally bred as a calvary mount. These days, they are popular sporting mounts often used for hunting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[125,25],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-extinct","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","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=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7247,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/7247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}