{"id":682,"date":"2010-08-09T04:48:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T04:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=682"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:03:10","slug":"hungarian-dun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/hungarian-dun","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian Dun Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>In 1971 the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition decided they were going to preserve all of the native Hungarian breeds of livestock. One of the goals was to reestablish the aboriginal dun horse.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Initially they traveled the country to collect suitable breeding prospects. The ancient breed was considered essentially extinct, so guidelines for selection were loosely based on color. The animals collected ranged in type and conformation however their coats were all in the dun color range. <\/p>\n<p>It was not possible for them to regrow an extinct animal, however they were able to create a versatile horse that carried many similar traits. Today dun animals are bred at several farms in Hungary however rather than being their own breed they are considered a type. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15 &#8211; 16 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/dun\">Dun<\/a> with dark hooves and a dorsal stripe<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/hungarian-dun-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Hungarian Dun Horse \"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LheRdPxIJfs?si=XOnASvtvQcVD9Bpj\" 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><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_HQocWG4jB0?si=KTL9xCZO9COdWXKw\" 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 In 1971 the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition decided they were going to preserve all of the native Hungarian breeds of livestock. One of the goals was to reestablish the aboriginal dun horse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hungary","tag-dun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","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=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10215,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/10215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}