Also called Mingling, the Ningqiang Horse is a miniature type and can be found in Guangpin, Yangguan and Daijiaba District, Ningqiang County and Shanxi\/Shannxi Province.
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There is not much known about the origins of this small horse breed except that they were used for agricultural purposes. Mechanized farming practices have caused a decline in their numbers over the 20th century. Although in 1990 the local government stepped in to establish breeding and research centers in an attempt to preserve their lineage. <\/p>\n
Average height 8.8-11 hands
\nSmall, compact type<\/p>\n
Fine head with small ears
\nLow withers
\nFlat back
\nMuscular hindquarters
\nWell developed legs
\nHard hooves <\/p>\n
All colors<\/a><\/p>\n Alert but meek<\/p>\n Pack animals Genomic insights into the genetic diversity and genetic basis of body height in endangered Chinese Ningqiang ponies<\/a> Intro Also called Mingling, the Ningqiang Horse is a miniature type and can be found in Guangpin, Yangguan and Daijiaba District, Ningqiang County and Shanxi\/Shannxi Province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-6898","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\/6898","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=6898"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10409,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6898\/revisions\/10409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Temperament<\/h3>\n
Use<\/h3>\n
\nLight agriculture<\/p>\nHelpful Links<\/h3>\n
\nPopulation structure and relationship between Ningqiang pony and other pony and horse breeds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"