{"id":6655,"date":"2024-12-30T12:50:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T12:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2025-10-29T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T04:00:29","slug":"gazal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/gazal","title":{"rendered":"Gazal Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Gazal or Ghazal is a saddle horse from Bosnia and Herzegovina and like much of horseflesh in this country, it&#8217;s not actually a breed. However, unlike other animals the Gazal isn&#8217;t related to the Bosnian Mountain, but a strain of purebred <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> specific to the country. Used mainly to improve other breeds.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>There is not much information about the origins of this type. They were imported to improve local stock and have likely remained under strict breeding programs to retain their lineage. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.7 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is fine<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Hardy saddle horse<br \/>\nHead has straight profile<br \/>\nShort back<br \/>\nFine legs<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>High energy<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Breeding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Gazal or Ghazal is a saddle horse from Bosnia and Herzegovina and like much of horseflesh in this country, it&#8217;s not actually a breed. However, unlike other animals the Gazal isn&#8217;t related to the Bosnian Mountain, but a strain of purebred Arabian specific to the country. Used mainly to improve other breeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[5,11,15],"class_list":["post-6655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bosnia","tag-bay","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655","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=6655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10290,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655\/revisions\/10290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}