{"id":6386,"date":"2024-12-02T18:20:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2025-09-17T04:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:00:43","slug":"yargha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/yargha","title":{"rendered":"Yargha Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A small riding horse from Afghanistan, the Yargha is an important horse in the country. This is perhaps the archetype of the Afghan horse and is an ancient variety with <a href=\"\/breeds\/mongolian\">Mongolian<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> blood.<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. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.7-14.7 hands<br \/>\nCan have lateral gaits<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is fine<br \/>\nNeck is medium length<br \/>\nShoulders are straight<br \/>\nBack is short and strong<br \/>\nStrong legs<br \/>\nHard hooves<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, but can be found in <a href=\"\/colors\">all colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Intelligent and balanced<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro A small riding horse from Afghanistan, the Yargha is an important horse in the country. This is perhaps the archetype of the Afghan horse and is an ancient variety with Mongolian and Arabian blood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[5,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-6386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6386","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=6386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9763,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6386\/revisions\/9763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}