{"id":877,"date":"2010-08-09T12:48:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T12:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=877"},"modified":"2025-10-25T20:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:23:17","slug":"morochuco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/morochuco","title":{"rendered":"Morochuco Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The Morochuco comes comes from the Peruvian Andes in the state of Ayacucho and the breed was thought to be developed by Jesuits.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>They are well known for their smooth, pacing gaits among other qualities that make them fine riding horses. These are small, shaggy animals but quite hardy and surefooted, perhaps the best representation of the Andean breeds. This breed is shaped by the climate and needs of the people as over the years they became an integral part of daily life. <\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> | <a href=\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> | <a href=\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> | <a href=\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Racing<br \/>\nTransportation<br \/>\nEquestrian sport<br \/>\nRiding horse<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/morochuco-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Morochuco Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/morochuco-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Morochuco Horse\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/morochuco-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Morochuco Horse\" \/>\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\/NySRsWJMQJI?si=dX5k2n6DR3eDM9ZM\" 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>Origins The Morochuco comes comes from the Peruvian Andes in the state of Ayacucho and the breed was thought to be developed by Jesuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877","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=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10126,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions\/10126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}