{"id":7159,"date":"2025-01-05T16:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2025-01-05T16:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:05:40","slug":"british-pinto-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/british-pinto-pony","title":{"rendered":"British Pinto Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called British Piebald and British Skewbald, the British Pinto pony is much like the <a href=\"\/breeds\/paint-pony\">American Paint Pony<\/a>. They are considered a color breed and registered based on coat characteristics rather than conformation or bloodlines.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Spotted animals (both <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\">pinto<\/a> and <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/appaloosa\">appaloosas<\/a>) have been on the European continent for a very long time. Perhaps brought there by the Mongols, or perhaps there were spotted horses native to the area prior. Often European spotted animals will be gaited, probably thanks to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/jennet\">Spanish Jennet<\/a>. Spanish horse genetics really got around. <\/p>\n<p>The studbook for this breed accepts both <a href=\"\/breeds\/british-pinto-horse\">horses<\/a> and ponies with all types of pinto pattern genetics. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Must possess a pinto spotting pattern<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Varies considerably <\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\">Pinto white patterns<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Varies, but often color registries place emphasis on personality as well<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding horse<br \/>\nSport horse<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bspaonline.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Skewbald &#038; Piebald Association (BSPA)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also called British Piebald and British Skewbald, the British Pinto pony is much like the American Paint Pony. They are considered a color breed and registered based on coat characteristics rather than conformation or bloodlines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,144],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-7159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england","category-uk","tag-pinto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159","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=7159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7162,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7159\/revisions\/7162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}