{"id":7983,"date":"2025-01-21T16:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:14:37","slug":"darkhad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/darkhad","title":{"rendered":"Darkhad Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Found in the Renchinlhumbe, Bayanzurkh, Ulaan-Uul, Khankh, Tsagaannuur soums of Khuvsgul provinces of Mongolia, the Darkhad is a type of Mongolian horse that is raised at around 8000ft elevation.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Indigenous type that was pure enough to be recognized in as its own &#8216;breed&#8217; in 1990. The breeds found in Mongolia are hardy and robust animals, raised in a variety of climates they are also adaptable and able to live on poor forage. This particular type is well known for their high-yield milk production, as the mares can produce twice as much milk as other varieties found in the country. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.4-12.9 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is short<br \/>\nChest is broad<br \/>\nShoulders are inclined<br \/>\nBack is straight<br \/>\nTail is low set<br \/>\nLegs are strong<br \/>\nHooves are solid<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a>, but can be found in other <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a> as well<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Solid and dependable<br \/>\nCalm and tractable <\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Racing<br \/>\nTransport<br \/>\nPack animal<br \/>\nMilk production<\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBAgwFz3iyI?si=4fEzIgCwmQYf5XJz\" 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 Found in the Renchinlhumbe, Bayanzurkh, Ulaan-Uul, Khankh, Tsagaannuur soums of Khuvsgul provinces of Mongolia, the Darkhad is a type of Mongolian horse that is raised at around 8000ft elevation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[126,15,135],"class_list":["post-7983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mongolia","tag-at-risk","tag-grey","tag-vulnerable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983","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=7983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7985,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983\/revisions\/7985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}