{"id":8875,"date":"2025-02-11T18:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=8875"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:43:36","slug":"turkish-thoroughbred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/turkish-thoroughbred","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Thoroughbred Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>While horse racing has been a popular sport in the country for centuries, the Thoroughbred is a relatively new breed for Turkey. It is one of two breeds with a central studbook managed by the government.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Similar to Thoroughbred animals found anywhere in the world, bred specifically for racing. The Turkish Jockey club owns a number of studs where they are bred and in recent years they have become more popular than the <a href=\"\/breeds\/turkish-arabian\">Turkish Arabian<\/a> for racing. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15-17 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is small and elegant with a straight profile<br \/>\nEars are well-proportioned and active<br \/>\nEyes are large and lively<br \/>\nNeck is usually long and may be slightly arched<br \/>\nBack is long<br \/>\nTail is set high<br \/>\nChest is high and wide<br \/>\nLegs are long with wide, clean joints<br \/>\nHooves are small<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Most <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Spirited and brave<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Racing<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.eaap.org\/2012\/13a_Yilmaz.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The domestic livestock resources of Turkey<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/turkish-thoroughbred-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Turkish Thoroughbred Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/turkish-thoroughbred-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Turkish Thoroughbred Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/turkish-thoroughbred-horse-4.webp\" alt=\"Turkish Thoroughbred Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/turkish-thoroughbred-horse-5.webp\" alt=\"Turkish Thoroughbred Horse\" 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\/sMG11HESb94?si=wcKEkJUnGPZEPYzs\" 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 While horse racing has been a popular sport in the country for centuries, the Thoroughbred is a relatively new breed for Turkey. It is one of two breeds with a central studbook managed by the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-8875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875","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=8875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8877,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875\/revisions\/8877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}