{"id":433,"date":"2010-08-09T02:46:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T02:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=433"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:42:46","slug":"comtois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/comtois","title":{"rendered":"Comtois Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Comtois is a handsome light draft horse that is thought to be descended from horses of the great &#8216;Germanic Breed&#8217; brought to France from Germany during the 5th century.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Despite their relative isolation, other breed have left a mark. During the Spanish occupation of the Franche-Comt\u00e9, &#8216;oriental&#8217; animals were introduced, presumably <a href=\"\/breeds\/barb\">Barb<\/a>. This breed is prized in several European countries and used during the various wars in the area over the centuries. By the late 19th century need for them had declined and their numbers dwindled, pure blood animals were threatened with being bred into extinction. Luckily in the early 20th century breeding became more structured, using small, bay <a href=\"\/breeds\/ardennes\">Ardennes<\/a> stallions. By 1919 local farmers had formed the Comtois Horse Breeding Union.<\/p>\n<p>Today their numbers are second only to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/breton\">Breton horse<\/a> in their native France and they possess supreme balance and a surefooted nature. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.1 &#8211; 15.1 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is large and square with alert eyes<br \/>\nNeck is straight, short and muscular<br \/>\nBody is stocky and powerful<br \/>\nBack is long and straight<br \/>\nLegs are short and strong with good joints<br \/>\nFeet are nicely shaped and have little feathering<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> with a <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/flaxen\">flaxen<\/a> mane and tail, can also be <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> with <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/silver\">silver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Easy going and sociable<br \/>\nLively and full of energy<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Draft and heavy agricultural work<br \/>\nTimber and vineyard work<br \/>\nRiding horse<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chevalcomtois.fr\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Association of the Comtois Draft Horse, France<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/comtois-horse.webp\" alt=\"Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/comtois-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/comtois-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/comtois-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/comtois-horse-5.webp\" alt=\"Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\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\/hdqPX0N3edw?si=ztIT34gMrDM2lsQF\" 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\/hH1_XcwuMnY?si=ZMJWEw8KeVhpZ00a\" 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 The Comtois is a handsome light draft horse that is thought to be descended from horses of the great &#8216;Germanic Breed&#8217; brought to France from Germany during the 5th century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5,11,42,70],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-bay","tag-chestnut","tag-flaxen","tag-silver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","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=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7253,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/7253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}