{"id":7059,"date":"2025-01-02T15:57:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=7059"},"modified":"2025-11-01T01:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:56:27","slug":"criollo-colombiano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/criollo-colombiano","title":{"rendered":"Criollo Colombiano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>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.<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 Columbia<\/h3>\n<p>The Columbian strain is called Criollo Colombiano and it&#8217;s a medium size criollo type. Columbia has one of the highest concentrations of criollo in the world and most of the breeds found in the country are types that have been adapted due to localized needs. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.1 &#8211; 13.6 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair is soft <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is flat and broad<br \/>\nEars are fine<br \/>\nMuscular well-set neck<br \/>\nSlightly concave back<br \/>\nDeep, broad chest<br \/>\nTail is attached low, with fine hair<br \/>\nThin, strong legs<br \/>\nHooves are hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Nervous but docile<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Saddle horse<br \/>\nLivestock horse<br \/>\nPack animal<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/criollo-colombiano-1.webp\" alt=\"Criollo Colombiano Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/criollo-colombiano-2.webp\" alt=\"Criollo Colombiano Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/criollo-colombiano-4.webp\" alt=\"Criollo Colombiano Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/criollo-colombiano-5.webp\" alt=\"Criollo Colombiano Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/criollo-colombiano-6.webp\" alt=\"Criollo Colombiano Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/criollo-colombiano-7.webp\" alt=\"Criollo Colombiano Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/u4kg473\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_v6mkqkf\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v6mkqkf\",\"div\":\"rumble_v6mkqkf\"});<\/script><\/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":10454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-7059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombia","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7059","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=7059"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10455,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7059\/revisions\/10455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}