{"id":469,"date":"2010-08-09T03:07:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T03:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=469"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:26:45","slug":"dagestan-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/dagestan-pony","title":{"rendered":"Dagestan Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Dagestanskii or Dagestan Pony is a hardy mountain horse found in Dagestan which comes in three different varieties, <a href=\"\/breeds\/kalmyk\">Kalmyk<\/a> (the largest) <a href=\"\/breeds\/avar-pony\">Avar<\/a> (the smallest) and <a href=\"\/breeds\/lezgian\">Lezgian<\/a> (from the south).<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>All of the strains are known for the stamina, resilience and robust nature found in many mountain horse types. Used for a variety of reasons, they are still very much an important part of life in remote areas where access is more difficult. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.8-13.4 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Conformation varies based on type<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a>,<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Willing and capable<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nLight agriculture<br \/>\nPack animal<br \/>\nMilk<br \/>\nHerding sheep<\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7OPcz3fmWbY?si=GkfSCs_i4j4dMTDS\" 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\/42JCXcow9EU?si=36Zsb2xEYdd9bKUi\" 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 Dagestanskii or Dagestan Pony is a hardy mountain horse found in Dagestan which comes in three different varieties, Kalmyk (the largest) Avar (the smallest) and Lezgian (from the south).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,20],"tags":[5,4,118,11],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-georgia","category-russia","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-chestnut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","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=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9861,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions\/9861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}