{"id":553,"date":"2010-08-09T03:48:48","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T03:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=553"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:06:10","slug":"falabella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/falabella","title":{"rendered":"Falabella"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Named for the family that developed the breed mid-19th century, the Falabella is a rather unique little animal. It is not a natural breed, but rather comes solely from selective breeding.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Around 1835 in the Argentine meadow lands, Pampas tribes found some unusually small animals among their horses. This attracted the attention of an Irishman who got his hands on some and began an experimental selective breeding program. Around 20 years later he achieved success and had a heard of tiny, perfectly built horses. <\/p>\n<p>This legacy was passed on to the Irishman&#8217;s nephew Juan Falabella, who utilized animals from <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">English Thoroughbred<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/shetland-pony\">Shetland<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/criollo\">Criollo<\/a> breeds. Through rigorously strict breeding methods Juan was able to further his uncle&#8217;s work and produce animals with perfect conformation under 33 inches. <\/p>\n<p>In 1905 the herd changed hands again to Juan&#8217;s son who furthered selective breeding and established the breed standard we go by today. These small horses retain some of the qualities found in the breeds that make up their genetics. The original tiny tribal horses that sparked the interest were <a href=\"\/breeds\/criollo\">Criollos<\/a> who had adapted to a harsh environment by reducing body mass over generations. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 6.1 &#8211; 7 hands<br \/>\nDisproportionately strong for their size<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t have a set type, they are bred for quality of overall conformation. <\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Gentle and docile<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Showing<br \/>\nDriving<br \/>\nPets<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>* all links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.falabellafmha.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falabella Miniature Horse Association<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Where to Buy<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toylandminihorses.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyland Miniature Horses<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Falabella Studs<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefalabellastudbook.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Falabella Studbook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.falabellahorses.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Equueleus Falabella<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/falabella-pony.webp\" alt=\"Falabella\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/falabella-pony-1.webp\" alt=\"Falabella\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\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\/0bgb1vdWJ7s?si=-DME_3OzmmUYu8Hg\" 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\/gaWoeKZqF4s?si=5SvCgQqu_Mxw5f9e\" 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 Named for the family that developed the breed mid-19th century, the Falabella is a rather unique little animal. It is not a natural breed, but rather comes solely from selective breeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,126],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-argentina","tag-all-colors","tag-at-risk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","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=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10222,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/10222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}