{"id":893,"date":"2010-08-09T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T12:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=893"},"modified":"2025-02-03T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:00:07","slug":"namaqua-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/namaqua-pony","title":{"rendered":"Namaqua Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also known as the South African or African Pony, the Namaqua Pony came from the Namaqua district of South Africa and is now extinct.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Smaller than many of the breeds developed in South Africa, this pony has ties to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/basotho-pony\">Basotho Pony<\/a>. There isn&#8217;t much reliable information about this breed other than they were developed early in the 19th century from <a href=\"\/breeds\/cape-horse\">Cape Horses<\/a>. The Cape was a large breed, so they were likely crossed with the hardy ponies bred by the Basotho tribes, producing a smaller animal with horse characteristics. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.2 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is medium sized with a straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is long and slender<br \/>\nBack is long and straight<br \/>\nChest is deep and shoulder is straight<br \/>\nLegs are slim and strong with clean joints<br \/>\nHooves are very hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Energetic and intelligent<br \/>\nAmiable and friendly<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nCarting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Also known as the South African or African Pony, the Namaqua Pony came from the Namaqua district of South Africa and is now extinct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[125,25],"class_list":["post-893","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\/893","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=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8581,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions\/8581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}