{"id":831,"date":"2010-08-09T12:28:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T12:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=831"},"modified":"2025-01-12T14:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:55:08","slug":"manipuri-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/manipuri-pony","title":{"rendered":"Manipuri Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Manipuri Pony is an ancient breed from India which is thought to have come from Mongolian animals that were later crossed with <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> strains. This is one of the earliest breeds to be used for polo, which has been played throughout Asia since sometime around the 7th century AD.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Horses in India are roughly put into two broad categories, slow, sturdy pack ponies and faster, lighter animals for under saddle or in harness. The Manipuri is distinct in that they possess traits of both types, being small and robust, but also fast.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 11 &#8211; 13 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is light and well proportioned with a straight profile<br \/>\nEyes are almond shaped<br \/>\nNeck is well formed<br \/>\nChest is deep and broad<br \/>\nBack is straight and strong<br \/>\nLegs are well built with sturdy joints<br \/>\nFeet are very hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Intelligent and bright<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Polo<br \/>\nRacing<br \/>\nMilitary<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/manipuri-pony.webp\" alt=\"Manipuri Pony\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/manipuri-pony-2.webp\" alt=\"Manipuri Pony\" 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\/wLhIwThFCpA?si=S2si3FSr8uWGunb9\" 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\/89n0pS5X9CM?si=KGeNL-9BSsFuTQZo\" 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 Manipuri Pony is an ancient breed from India which is thought to have come from Mongolian animals that were later crossed with Arabian strains. This is one of the earliest breeds to be used for polo, which has been played throughout Asia since sometime around the 7th century AD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[9,126,127],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","tag-all-colors","tag-at-risk","tag-endangered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831","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=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7627,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions\/7627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}