{"id":395,"date":"2010-08-09T02:13:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T02:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=395"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:43:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:43:41","slug":"cheju-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/cheju-pony","title":{"rendered":"Cheju Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>These ponies come from the Cheju or Jeju island off the coast of South Korea. From the years 935 &#8211; 1910 this province was used as a place of political exile as well as a place for grazing horses.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Although thought to have come originally from China, there are no records as to when or what kind of horses first made their way to the Korean Peninsula. Ancient records show that horses were heavily relied upon in the area from the 1st century BC through the 19th century. <\/p>\n<p>The native Cheju ponies have been thought to exist for the last 700 years on the island and were bred mainly for draft duties. The mild local climate meant there has always been sufficient food to support their population. These ponies have made quite a name for themselves and have been long exported to mainland Korea as well as China. <\/p>\n<p>At one point 25% of the Island&#8217;s rural households were involved in horse production. However, today this breed is in danger of extinction, their numbers dwindling throughout the 20th century. In 1987 the Korean government named this pony a National Treasure in the hopes of keeping them around. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 11.3-11.5 hands<br \/>\nAble to survive harsh conditions<br \/>\nHighly resilient to disease<br \/>\nAble to carry heavy loads<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Show influence of both Arabian and Mongolian breeds<br \/>\nHead is nicely shaped with a straight profile<br \/>\nEyes are large, ears are small<br \/>\nNeck is short and well muscled<br \/>\nBack is straight and short<br \/>\nTail is high-set<br \/>\nLegs are strong and well-muscled<br \/>\nHooves are strong<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">Chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">Black<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">Grey<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">Bay<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\">Pinto<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/creme\">Cremello<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding Horse<br \/>\nLight Draft Work<br \/>\nHides<br \/>\nSport<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cheju-pony.webp\" alt=\"Cheju Pony\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cheju-pony-1.webp\" alt=\"Cheju Pony\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cheju-pony-4.webp\" alt=\"Cheju Pony\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cheju-pony-5.webp\" alt=\"Cheju Pony\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cheju-pony-6.webp\" alt=\"Cheju Pony\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/cheju-pony-7.webp\" alt=\"Cheju Pony\" \/>\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\/Aax74d17Wkg?si=mctWrCS3zz8AZ7IV\" 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\/0FSHRZf0kK0?si=dL-9tq_XCxWwlf9L\" 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 These ponies come from the Cheju or Jeju island off the coast of South Korea. From the years 935 &#8211; 1910 this province was used as a place of political exile as well as a place for grazing horses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[126,5,4,11,72,15,6,135],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-korea","tag-at-risk","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-cremello","tag-grey","tag-pinto","tag-vulnerable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395","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=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9710,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/9710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}