{"id":6821,"date":"2024-12-31T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2025-10-31T02:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T02:07:10","slug":"barkol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/barkol","title":{"rendered":"Barkol Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Barkol horse comes from Kazak Autonomous counties of Barkol, Yiwu and Hami County, in Xinjiang. This is a region known for their horse and camel breeding.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>There are several types found in the area, but almost all of them owe some genetics to <a href=\"\/breeds\/mongolian\">Mongolian<\/a> or <a href=\"\/breeds\/kazakh\">Kazakh<\/a> ancestors. The Barkol horse itself dates back to the mid 19th or early 20th century, developed by Kazakh herders by breeding Kazakh horses with Mongolian and other types. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12 \u2013 14 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is wide and large<br \/>\nBack si short and flat<br \/>\nChest is wide and deep<br \/>\nBody is coarse and compact<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p> uni coloured: light brown and chestnut are most common, but grey or spotted also exist<br \/>\nGenerally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, but can be found in most <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Sturdy and willing<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nHunting<br \/>\nRacing<br \/>\nFestivals<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC12466770\/\" target=\"blank\">Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Race Genetic Structure of Major Horse Breeds in Xinjiang, China<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Barkol horse comes from Kazak Autonomous counties of Barkol, Yiwu and Hami County, in Xinjiang. This is a region known for their horse and camel breeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-6821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821","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=6821"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10372,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6821\/revisions\/10372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}