{"id":7056,"date":"2025-01-02T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=7056"},"modified":"2025-01-02T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:55:13","slug":"criollo-chilote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/criollo-chilote","title":{"rendered":"Criollo Chilote"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The term <em>Criollo<\/em> originally meant animals (or people) of purebred Spanish ancestry who were born in the Americas, but through time it has come to mean breeds native to the Americas.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>With few exceptions, all breeds native to South and Central America are of Spanish <a href=\"\/breeds\/barb\">Barb<\/a> or <a href=\"\/breeds\/andalusian-horse\">Andalusian<\/a> descent. Brought to the Americas with the Spanish during the 16th century. Today Criollo breeds are native to several countries adapted to local geographical characteristics and needs. Wherever they are from they are prized for their endurance capabilities and ability to withstand harsh conditions. <\/p>\n<h3>Specific to Chile<\/h3>\n<p>The Chilean strain is called Criollo Chilote and while it may actually be the same type as <a href=\"\/breeds\/chilean-corralero\">Caballo de Pura Raza Chilena<\/a>, they are listed seperatley in the DAD-IS. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.3 &#8211; 15.1 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is abundant <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is short with flat forehead and fine muzzle<br \/>\nEyes are small<br \/>\nNeck is muscular and slightly crested<br \/>\nShort flank<br \/>\nRounded hindquarters<br \/>\nBack is large and strong<br \/>\nLegs are short, solid and strong<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Strong character<br \/>\nIndependent and tenacious<br \/>\nWilling and sensible <\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Saddle horse<br \/>\nLivestock horse<br \/>\nShow horse<br \/>\nPleasure horse<br \/>\nEndurance animal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The term Criollo originally meant animals (or people) of purebred Spanish ancestry who were born in the Americas, but through time it has come to mean breeds native to the Americas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chile","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056","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=7056"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7061,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056\/revisions\/7061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}