{"id":7718,"date":"2025-01-14T16:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=7718"},"modified":"2025-01-14T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:22:23","slug":"irish-pinto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/irish-pinto","title":{"rendered":"Irish Pinto Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also called Irish Piebald and Skewbald, the Irish Pinto is a color breed, much like the <a href=\"\/breeds\/american-paint\">American Paint Horse<\/a>. The breeding objective of the registry is the preservation and promotion of spotted breeds (including Appaloosa), while identifying and recording bloodlines that carry spotted genetics.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This breed is relatively new for breeds of the British Isles, established in the 20th century. The modern breed is the result of <a href=\"\/breeds\/gypsy-vanner\">Irish Cob<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/irish-sport\">Irish Sport Horse<\/a> crosses and was formerly known as the Irishman&#8217;s Under-Shunter. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Conformation varies, as many breeds are allowed to register spotted animals<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/pinto\">Pinto<\/a> and <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/appaloosa\">appaloosa<\/a> patterns<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Generally color breeds discourage breeding of mean or difficult to handle animals.<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nSport<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ihb.ie\/irish-horses\/piebald-skewbald-studbook\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Irish Piebald and Skewbald Studbook<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/irish-pinto-2.webp\" alt=\"Irish Pinto Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/irish-pinto-5.webp\" alt=\"Irish Pinto Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/irish-pinto-3.webp\" alt=\"Irish Pinto Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/irish-pinto-4.webp\" alt=\"Irish Pinto Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also called Irish Piebald and Skewbald, the Irish Pinto is a color breed, much like the American Paint Horse. The breeding objective of the registry is the preservation and promotion of spotted breeds (including Appaloosa), while identifying and recording bloodlines that carry spotted genetics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[12,6],"class_list":["post-7718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland","tag-appaloosa","tag-pinto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718","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=7718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7721,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7718\/revisions\/7721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}