{"id":621,"date":"2010-08-09T04:21:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T04:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=621"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:24:34","slug":"goklan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/goklan","title":{"rendered":"Goklan Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>With the exception of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/yabou\">Yabou<\/a>, the Goklan horse is the heaviest descendant of the old Turanian horse that was bred by the Goklan Turkoman that border Iran. This is a mountainous region, so these animals were well-suited for difficult footing.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The Goklan breed shows characteristics of both <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/akhal-teke\">Akhal-Teke<\/a> animals, however the mountains bred size into them and physically they resemble a robust <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\/\">Thoroughbred<\/a>. They are not listed in the DAD-IS as a breed, so they may be considered a type of Turanian descendant.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height hands <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.2 &#8211; 15.2 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Head is handsome with a straight or slightly concave profile<br \/>\nNeck is medium<br \/>\nBack is short and strong<br \/>\nLegs are clean<br \/>\nHooves are hard<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Energetic and spirited<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nTransportation<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/goklan-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Goklan Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro With the exception of the Yabou, the Goklan horse is the heaviest descendant of the old Turanian horse that was bred by the Goklan Turkoman that border Iran. This is a mountainous region, so these animals were well-suited for difficult footing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkmenistan","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621","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=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8881,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions\/8881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}