{"id":668,"date":"2010-08-09T04:41:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T04:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=668"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:58:27","slug":"hirzai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/hirzai","title":{"rendered":"Hirzai Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Hirzai breed originated in Baluchistan, Pakistan during the first Afghan war of 1839 and can all be traced back to a single local mare named Shol and an <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> Stallion.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>They are a light riding horse developed by the Department of Agriculture in Pakistan. Offspring of the original two were then crossed with lighter desert breeds. Currently measures are being taken by the Pakistan government to protect and further this rare horse breed. The majority of the animals that exist today are kept at the royal stables of Khan of Kalat. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is handsome with a broad forehead<br \/>\nNeck is muscular and arched<br \/>\nEars are wide-set<br \/>\nBack is short<br \/>\nShoulders are well sloped &#038; powerful<br \/>\nLegs lack bone<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Most commonly  <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a>, but can be any <a href=\"\/colors\">color<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Intelligent and spirited<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding horse<br \/>\nLight draft<\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oY_uPTeOprw?si=qQngngUcvtA5iWvY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Hirzai breed originated in Baluchistan, Pakistan during the first Afghan war of 1839 and can all be traced back to a single local mare named Shol and an Arabian Stallion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","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=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8161,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/8161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}