{"id":7443,"date":"2025-01-10T17:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=7443"},"modified":"2025-01-10T17:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:46:35","slug":"leonharder-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/leonharder-pony","title":{"rendered":"Leonharder Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Leonharder is a handsome, robust pony that comes from some of the most beloved European and British bloodlines. Creating a pony that is both useful and prolific.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>A truly 21st century breed, the Leonharder Pony was the brainchild of a farmer by the name of Johann Abfalter. He started with <a href=\"\/breeds\/haflinger\">Haflinger<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/welsh-a\">Welsh Ponies<\/a>, breeding their offspring to <a href=\"\/breeds\/andalusian-horse\">Andalusian<\/a> animals. Johann&#8217;s initial goal was breeding mares for their milk to make cheese. He later decided to start a new breed with the foals. They were officially recognized in 2011.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.8-15.9 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Athletic build<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a> are accepted, although darker colors are preferred. <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Docile temperament<br \/>\nLively and balanced<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nMilk production<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/st-leonhards-hof.de\/leonharder\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Die Entstehung der Pferderasse Leonharder<\/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\/CRb45IHYBVw?si=DgSkOfhGh3h42gtY\" 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 The Leonharder is a handsome, robust pony that comes from some of the most beloved European and British bloodlines. Creating a pony that is both useful and prolific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7443","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\/7443","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=7443"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7469,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7443\/revisions\/7469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}