{"id":765,"date":"2010-08-09T11:52:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T11:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=765"},"modified":"2025-01-24T21:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:00:44","slug":"konik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/konik","title":{"rendered":"Konik Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The also called Konik Polski, the Konik horse is a direct descendant from the ancient <a href=\"\/breeds\/tarpan\">Tarpan<\/a> and their name translates to little horse. This is a primitive breed, generally homogeneous in their handsome <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/dun\/grullo\">grullo<\/a> coloring.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Originally discovered wild in Lithuanian forests late in the 18th century, the remaining animals were rounded up in 1786 and put into the Zamo\u015b\u0107 zoo where they remained until it was dissolved in 1806. When this happened the horses were given to local farmers who used them for agriculture and transportation. Their robust nature made them useful during the war season of early 20th century, but it also took a toll on their pure blooded numbers.<\/p>\n<p>A reserve was founded in 1954 by the Polish Academy of Science to protect the breed and in 1962 a studbook was established to centrally control breeding. According to the DAD-IS they are listed as endangered maintained and as of 2023 there were between 3200 and 3500 registered. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.3 &#8211; 13.3 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Body is rectangular and low set<br \/>\nChest is large and full<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/dun\">grullo dun<\/a> with primitive markings <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Highly intelligent<br \/>\nRobust and easy to train<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Children&#8217;s mount<br \/>\nLight agriculture<br \/>\nFarm animal<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Link<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pzhk.pl\/en\/pzhk\/about-us\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polish Horse Breeders Association<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bioroznorodnosc.izoo.krakow.pl\/konie\/rasy\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polish Genetic Biodiversity Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/konik-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Konik Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/konik-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Konik Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/konik-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Konik Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/konik-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Konik Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/konik-horse-5.webp\" alt=\"Konik Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/konik-horse-6.webp\" alt=\"Konik Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6ge4yGyxaI?si=OEDacOa1HjhSkori\" 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\/RoA1psRoltM?si=65lsC4m-vHXPVPWw\" 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\/sDlcsPPgEuY?si=HavTdfcvNo5nCAkY\" 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 also called Konik Polski, the Konik horse is a direct descendant from the ancient Tarpan and their name translates to little horse. This is a primitive breed, generally homogeneous in their handsome grullo coloring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[126,30,137],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poland","tag-at-risk","tag-dun","tag-endangered-maintained"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765","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=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8219,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions\/8219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}