The term 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. With few exceptions, all breeds native to South and Central America are of Spanish Barb<\/a> or 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 The Dominican strain is called Dominican Republic Criollo, it’s a medium size criollo type and is one of two breed types found in the country. There is not much information about this specific strain, but it is likely to carry most of the traits that make this such a popular breed. <\/p>\n Average height 13.3 – 15.1 hands<\/p>\n Head is short with broad forehead and sometimes convex profile All colors<\/a><\/p>\n Strong and sensible<\/p>\n Saddle horse 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":7069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dominican-republic","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067","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=7067"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7080,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7067\/revisions\/7080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nOrigins<\/h3>\n
Specific to Dominican Republic<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
Physique<\/h3>\n
\nEyes are alert, ears are small and pointed
\nNeck is muscular and slightly crested
\nBack is large and strong
\nLegs are short, solid and strong<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
Use<\/h3>\n
\nLivestock horse
\nPleasure horse<\/p>\n
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