{"id":514,"date":"2010-08-09T03:31:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T03:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=514"},"modified":"2025-01-23T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:58:22","slug":"dutch-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/dutch-draft","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Draft Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Similar in build to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/belgian-draft\">Belgian Draft<\/a>, the Nederlands Trekpaard, Zeeuwse Paard or Dutch Drafts were created using Belgian blood, along with the lineage of <a href=\"\/breeds\/zeeland\">Zeeland<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/ardennes\">Ardennes<\/a> animals.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The Royal Society of the Dutch Draft Horse was formed in 1914 and the purpose was to breed a massive horse with a strong build. Today this is the heaviest of all the Dutch breeds. Unfortunately, like the other draft breeds, the advent of mechanization has quieted their demand and caused a decline in their numbers. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 16 hands<br \/>\nLively for their size<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has straight profile<br \/>\nEars are short and lively<br \/>\nChest is strongly muscled<br \/>\nHindquarters are large and well built<br \/>\nLegs are stocky and muscular<br \/>\nFeet are solid and sound<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Exceptionally quiet disposition<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Heavy farming work<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvth.nl\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Koninklijke Vereniging Het Nederlandse Trekpaard en De Haflinger (KVTH),<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dutch-draft-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Draft Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dutch-draft-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Draft Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dutch-draft.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Draft Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dutch-draft-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Draft Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dutch-draft-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Draft Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/dutch-draft-horse-5.webp\" alt=\"Dutch Draft Horse\" \/>\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\/67xiy-tnUQg?si=T33nRCW0ZOKof9fI\" 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\/k5zJDr6HVJo?si=hXB7V5jrDyUjAEI0\" 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 Similar in build to the Belgian Draft, the Nederlands Trekpaard, Zeeuwse Paard or Dutch Drafts were created using Belgian blood, along with the lineage of Zeeland and Ardennes animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[126,5,4,11,137,15,170],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-netherlands","tag-at-risk","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-endangered-maintained","tag-grey","tag-zeeuwse-paard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","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=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8088,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/8088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}