{"id":6933,"date":"2025-01-01T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6933"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:20:26","slug":"yiwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/yiwu","title":{"rendered":"Yiwu Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Yiwu is a small horse that comes from the steppes of Hami, Xinjiang, China. Established in 1955, when several local breeds were systematically crossed for military purposes.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The breed began at the Yiwu State Stud in Hami Prefecture with crosses between <a href=\"\/breeds\/kazakh\">Kazakh<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/yili\">Yili<\/a> animals. This cross was officially bred until the army&#8217;s demand for horses waned and the state stud was closed. As the foundation breeds were hardy, so is the Yiwu, handling altitude and extreme weather with ease. In the summer they are pastured in the Tian Shan Mountains<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.5-14 hands<br \/>\nWell suited to high altitude. <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Dry head, often with convex profile<br \/>\nMuscular neck<br \/>\nWide chest<br \/>\nWell sprung barrel<br \/>\nStrong well-defined legs<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Willing and able<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nLight agriculture<br \/>\nTransportation<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/yiwu-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Yiwu Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Yiwu is a small horse that comes from the steppes of Hami, Xinjiang, China. Established in 1955, when several local breeds were systematically crossed for military purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[5,4],"class_list":["post-6933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-china","tag-bay","tag-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933","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=6933"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10440,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933\/revisions\/10440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}