{"id":7440,"date":"2025-01-10T17:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:07:30","slug":"european-western","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/european-western","title":{"rendered":"European Western Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Europ\u00e4isches Westernpferd or European Western Horse is not a breed but rather a type. Usually used for animals from the Americas, but can apply to European breeds used for western riding.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>There is an association for this breed and they allow a variety of breeds to register. They have a list of general requirements, including country of origin and mild temperament. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.5-15.3 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is short with straight or convex profile<br \/>\nEars are small and eyes are large<br \/>\nNeck is medium and mane is thick<br \/>\nBroad chest<br \/>\nSloping shoulder<br \/>\nLow attached tail<br \/>\nHooves are small and hard (preferably black)<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Willing and calm<br \/>\n&#8216;One man&#8217; animals<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Cattle horse<br \/>\nTrail horse<br \/>\nRiding<br \/>\nShow<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewhb.de\/home.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Western Breeders Association<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YyT6ZnJng78?si=IgyXB8f_WcNIymVd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WCfltRgbmQY?si=TNVlc1Os-S3yZyO1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Europ\u00e4isches Westernpferd or European Western Horse is not a breed but rather a type. Usually used for animals from the Americas, but can apply to European breeds used for western riding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440","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=7440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7466,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440\/revisions\/7466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}