{"id":6336,"date":"2024-12-02T12:34:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T12:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6336"},"modified":"2025-10-24T04:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:06:29","slug":"herati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/herati","title":{"rendered":"Herati Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Herati is more of a type than a breed and are known for being mounts of the Afghan resistance during the border crisis in the late 19th century.<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. This type is generally found in the Province of Herat, in west Afghanistan, from which it takes its name.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.7-14.7 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is fine<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is fine and curved<br \/>\nShoulders are sloping<br \/>\nChest is narrow<br \/>\nBack is short<br \/>\nLegs are long and strong<br \/>\nHooves are hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/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>Good natured<br \/>\nfast and strong<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nRiding<br \/>\nCavalry<br \/>\nLight draft<\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6tetldgUd1c?si=hkAtxIKvek0HZ29A\" 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 A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Herati is more of a type than a breed and are known for being mounts of the Afghan resistance during the border crisis in the late 19th century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[5,4,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-6336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336","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=6336"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10073,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6336\/revisions\/10073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}