{"id":8902,"date":"2025-02-12T19:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=8902"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:43:34","slug":"ukrainian-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/ukrainian-saddle","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Saddle Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Ukrayinska Verhova or Ukrainian Saddle Horse is a sport saddle type bred in Ukraine and the result of a complex breeding program. Unlike many other saddle type, they are entirely undemanding and easy keepers.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Established in 1971, the foundation were carefully selected <a href=\"\/breeds\/trakehner\">Trakehner<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/hanoverian\">Hanoverian<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">Thoroughbred<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/russian-riding\">Russian Saddle<\/a> stallions, crossed with with <a href=\"\/breeds\/hungarian-horse\">Hungarian<\/a> and improved local mares. <\/p>\n<p>The native animals provided rustic robustness and the sport animals used are generally of a heavier type. All together they produce a handsome heavier sport saddle horse that is adaptable, strong and able to thrive in more extreme climates. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.7-16.2 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is proportional with straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is long and well set<br \/>\nChest is deep and wide<br \/>\nBack is straight<br \/>\nCroup is long and muscular<br \/>\nLegs are strong<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Calm temperament <\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nSport<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/ukrainian-saddle-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Ukrainian Saddle Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/ukrainian-saddle-horse-3.webp\" alt=\"Ukrainian Saddle 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\/Go_18I07H0A?si=ZjyUXk7kGrJp9GpC\" 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\/awvzqMcvIfg?si=Q1LDdZJd0e8Or9-N\" 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 Ukrayinska Verhova or Ukrainian Saddle Horse is a sport saddle type bred in Ukraine and the result of a complex breeding program. Unlike many other saddle type, they are entirely undemanding and easy keepers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[126,5,118,11,127],"class_list":["post-8902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ukraine","tag-at-risk","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-endangered"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8902","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=8902"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9524,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8902\/revisions\/9524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}