{"id":6764,"date":"2024-12-30T20:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:58:00","slug":"bulgarian-heavy-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/bulgarian-heavy-draft","title":{"rendered":"Bulgarian Heavy Draft Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Bulgarian Heavy Draft horse bloodlines date back to 1870 and while their numbers have fluctuated and they are vulnerable, they manage to hold on.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Early heavy animals were imported in the late 19th century, but after a few decades the need for them declined and breeding was discontinued. Later, in 1953 the breed made a comeback when the state implemented labour-cooperative farms. This created the need for a strong animal with great pulling power and a calm demeanor. The Bulgarian Draft is based on <a href=\"\/breeds\/russian-heavy-draft\">Russian Draft<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/ardennes\">Ardennes<\/a> and other heavy bloodlines added for specific characteristics. Not only is their foundation sturdy, the breed is raised free range and are easy keepers. <\/p>\n<p>In the 1990s state stud farms were liquidated and sold to private enterprise. Today the breed is vulnerable and according to the DAD-IS as of 2024 there were 4856 left.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.5-15 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Medium sized draft horse<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Strong and true<br \/>\nCalm and robust<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Agriculture<br \/>\nLogging<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bulgarian-heavy-draft-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Bulgarian Heavy Draft Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/bulgarian-heavy-draft-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Bulgarian Heavy Draft Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Bulgarian Heavy Draft horse bloodlines date back to 1870 and while their numbers have fluctuated and they are vulnerable, they manage to hold on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[126,25,135],"class_list":["post-6764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulgaria","tag-at-risk","tag-solid-colors","tag-vulnerable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764","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=6764"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10336,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions\/10336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}