The Guizhou or Qian Horse is a native breed of the mountainous Guizhou Province in China where agriculture was developed as early as 770 BC. Relatively isolated geographically, these animals have had little outside influence and are an incredibly pure breed.
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This breed was originally used for cultivation and transportation in the hilly regions and less so for agriculture, which is reflected in their smaller stature. There are two different types of this breed, one more suited as a riding horse and a stronger one used as a pack animal. <\/p>\n
Average height 11.2 hands<\/p>\n
Head has a straight profile
\nNeck is sloped in riding type and flat in pack type
\nHindquarters are short and sloping but muscular
\nHind legs have a tendency to be sickled
\nHooves are solid and tough<\/p>\n
chestnut<\/a> | grey<\/a> | bay<\/a> | black<\/a> | dun<\/a><\/p>\n Active and vigorous Riding horse Intro The Guizhou or Qian Horse is a native breed of the mountainous Guizhou Province in China where agriculture was developed as early as 770 BC. Relatively isolated geographically, these animals have had little outside influence and are an incredibly pure breed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[5,4,11,30,15],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-dun","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","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=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6857,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/6857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nWilling and obedient <\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nTransportation
\nPack animal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"