A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Qazal is not an actual breed but more a type of horse found in the country. The word for Afghan horses with a light coat is qazal, so this type is known for their coloring.
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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. <\/p>\n
Average height 14-14.7 hands
\nMane and tail hair is fine<\/p>\n
Head is thin
\nBack is short
\nLegs are long and strong
\nHooves are hard<\/p>\n
Generally chestnut<\/a>, palomino<\/a> or grey<\/a><\/p>\n Spirited and brave<\/p>\n Riding Intro A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Qazal is not an actual breed but more a type of horse found in the country. The word for Afghan horses with a light coat is qazal, so this type is known for their coloring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[11,15,31],"class_list":["post-6357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-chestnut","tag-grey","tag-palomino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357","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=6357"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9757,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions\/9757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Temperament<\/h3>\n
Use<\/h3>\n
\nTransportation
\nLight draft
\nBouzkachi<\/p>\n
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