{"id":6348,"date":"2024-12-02T13:55:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T13:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6348"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:45:48","slug":"mazari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/mazari","title":{"rendered":"Mazari Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Mazari is named for the people who raise them.<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 north of the Balkh Province, near the border of Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14-14.3 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is fine<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is short<br \/>\nShoulders are sloping<br \/>\nChest is narrow<br \/>\nLegs are long<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>Fast and strong<br \/>\nRobust and maneuverable <\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nRiding<br \/>\nLight draft<br \/>\nBuzkashi<\/p>\n<div class=\"credit\">Top image from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ifl\/5778262733\/in\/photolist-9NDTu7-9NB7cx-9NDT6C-9NDTyb-9NDSVU-6Dqd7S-9NB6FZ-9NDTpE-9NB7er-9NDSZj-9NDT8m-9NDTgq-9NDTaL-9NB6zP-9NDTJj-9NB73i-9NB6Ja-9NDTsf-9NB6pc-9NDTeh-9NDTFw\">Peretz Partensky<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> license<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Mazari is named for the people who raise them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[5,4,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-6348","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\/6348","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=6348"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9755,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions\/9755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}