{"id":849,"date":"2010-08-09T12:36:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=849"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:41:06","slug":"menorquin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/menorquin","title":{"rendered":"Menorquin Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Cavall Menorqu\u00ed or Menorquin Horse is a relatively new breed (officially anyway) as it was wasn&#8217;t recognized until 1989. Despite its recent recognition, the people of Menorca have been calling these handsome animals Menorquin horses for centuries.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>There have always been a connection between the land, the animals and the people of Menorca who have long remembered using this sturdy breed for cattle work. Their original bloodlines are not entirely known, however they are believed to be a cross between <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">English Thoroughbred<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"\/breeds\/andalusian-horse\">Andalusian<\/a> in varying degrees over hundreds of years. <\/p>\n<p>According to the DAD-IS the Menorquin Horse is endangered and as of 2023 there were 2863 left.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.5-15.8 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is medium in size, dry and well proportioned<br \/>\nNeck is robust, medium in length and slightly curved<br \/>\nBody is long<br \/>\nback is straight and muscular<br \/>\nLegs are long, straight and slender<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">Black<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Noble and kind<br \/>\nIntelligent and willing<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding horse<br \/>\nFestivals<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/menorca-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Menorquin Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/menorca.webp\" alt=\"Menorquin Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/menorca-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Menorquin Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/menorca-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Menorquin Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/menorca-horse-5.webp\" alt=\"Menorquin Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/menorca-horse-6.webp\" alt=\"Menorquin Horse\" \/>\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\/OMNufoe7enU?si=6DsM_snlBIuQT7mQ\" 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\/XUXD-X_YbAo?si=H0nfNnvdNKI6_u4H\" 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 Cavall Menorqu\u00ed or Menorquin Horse is a relatively new breed (officially anyway) as it was wasn&#8217;t recognized until 1989. Despite its recent recognition, the people of Menorca have been calling these handsome animals Menorquin horses for centuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[126,4,127],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spain","tag-at-risk","tag-black","tag-endangered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","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=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8640,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/8640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}