{"id":8574,"date":"2025-02-03T14:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=8574"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:59:46","slug":"cape-harness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/cape-harness","title":{"rendered":"Cape Harness Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Cape Region of South Africa produced many different types of horse, most based on initial European imports. While many of those breeds were heavy saddle types and cavalry mounts, some were bred to be used in harness.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Over the years and both Boer Wars, many different bloodlines were imported into the country. The distinction between many of the breeds found there is often slight and based on their foundation breeds and any additional influence. The Cape Harness was the product of <a href=\"\/breeds\/anglo-arabian\">Anglo-Arab<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/friesian\">Friesian<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/hackney-horse\">Hackney<\/a>. The result was a robust, handsome horse with high stepping action.  <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.7-15.5 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is handsome with straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is high set<br \/>\nBack is medium<br \/>\nLegs are robust and clean<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Energetic and intelligent<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nCarriage horse<br \/>\nSport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Cape Region of South Africa produced many different types of horse, most based on initial European imports. While many of those breeds were heavy saddle types and cavalry mounts, some were bred to be used in harness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[125,25],"class_list":["post-8574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-extinct","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574","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=8574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8577,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574\/revisions\/8577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}