{"id":6379,"date":"2024-12-02T17:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6379"},"modified":"2025-10-24T04:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:11:25","slug":"waziri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/waziri","title":{"rendered":"Waziri Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Waziri Horse probably has the same ancestors as the <a href=\"\/breeds\/baluchi-horse\">Baluchi<\/a> of Pakistan. They are a cross between Afghan horses and <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a>.<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. Like the <a href=\"\/breeds\/baluchi-horse\">Baluchi<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/marwari\">Marwari<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/kathiawari\">Kathiawari<\/a>, this type has crescent shaped ears.<\/p>\n<p>Bred by the Pashtuns (Pathans), considered the founders of modern Afghanistan. They can be found in the Ghazni and Katawaz regions, eastern Pakistan, Waziristan and the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.9 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is thick<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is light and has a straight profile<br \/>\nEars are crescent shaped<br \/>\nHeck is long and fine<br \/>\nBack is short and strong<br \/>\nLegs are long and strong<br \/>\nHooves are hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a>, but can be <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Docile nature<br \/>\nHardy and strong<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nRiding<br \/>\nLight draft<br \/>\nSport<br \/>\nPolo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro A light riding horse from Afghanistan, the Waziri Horse probably has the same ancestors as the Baluchi of Pakistan. They are a cross between Afghan horses and Arabian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[5,4,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-6379","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\/6379","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=6379"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10075,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6379\/revisions\/10075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}