{"id":6324,"date":"2024-12-02T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T12:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6324"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:38:06","slug":"dawand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/dawand","title":{"rendered":"Dawand Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A sport horse from Afghanistan, the Dawand is more of a type than a breed and are known particularly for their great speed. This is the fastest of the Afghan horse types and is generally reserved for the most experienced riders.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately there are no official studbooks or centralized breeding programs in Afghanistan. While the country cherishes a long and distinguished equine culture, information about the animals is difficult to find. There are not specific breeds in the country, but more types that all fall under the broad category of Afghan horses. However, the Dawand is known to be bred in the north of the country. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.7-14.7 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is fine<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is long with a broad forehead<br \/>\nNose is fine<br \/>\nLegs are long and slender<br \/>\nHooves are hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Lively and fast<br \/>\nEasy nature<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Mainly used for racing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro A sport horse from Afghanistan, the Dawand is more of a type than a breed and are known particularly for their great speed. This is the fastest of the Afghan horse types and is generally reserved for the most experienced riders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[5,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-6324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324","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=6324"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9751,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324\/revisions\/9751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}