{"id":869,"date":"2010-08-09T12:44:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T12:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=869"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:20:47","slug":"monterufoli-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/monterufoli-pony","title":{"rendered":"Monterufoli Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Monterufoli Pony comes from the Province of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy and is thought to come from the now extinct Selvina horse which used to live wild in the area.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>This area is a hilly region that is protected as a nature reserve which was purchased in 1913 by the Counts of Gherardesca. This family began a rigorous selective breeding program, using specimens from the original population and crossing them with <a href=\"\/breeds\/maremmano\">Maremmano<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/tolfetano\">Tolfeta<\/a> and Asian animals. <\/p>\n<p>Today the DAD-IS lists them as critical and as of 2023 there were 405 of them left. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.2 &#8211; 14 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is long in contrast with neck<br \/>\nNeck is short and muscular<br \/>\nBack is broad and solid<br \/>\nLegs are strong and muscular<br \/>\nHooves are compact and tough<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> and <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Once tamed they are docile and willing<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding horse<br \/>\nHarness horse<br \/>\nHerding<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/monterufoli-pony-1.webp\" alt=\"Monterufoli Pony \"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\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\/d5AHXE80pd0?si=XUGCRzo-laVccSqB\" 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\/ZrHihG2h02o?si=xFcs3BAyuCKzejZQ\" 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 Monterufoli Pony comes from the Province of Pisa in Tuscany, Italy and is thought to come from the now extinct Selvina horse which used to live wild in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[126,5,4,118,134],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italy","tag-at-risk","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-critical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","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=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7754,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/7754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}