{"id":9489,"date":"2025-08-05T02:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9489"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:57:18","slug":"aratel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/aratel","title":{"rendered":"Aratel Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Aratel horse was created in an attempt to lighten and refine heavy <a href=\"\/breeds\/ardennes\">Ardennes<\/a> types. The updated breed was established using Ardennes animals crossed with <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/french-cob\">Norman Cob<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/belgian-trotter\">trotter<\/a> blood.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Whether or not they managed to re-create the original breed is unclear, however the breeding program was successful in that it created a handsome animal, well suited for both harness and under saddle. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.3 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair are full<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is expressive with a straight profile<br \/>\nEyes are large<br \/>\nNostrils are large<br \/>\nNeck is medium in length<br \/>\nChest is deep<br \/>\nBack is short<br \/>\nLegs are dry and short<br \/>\nHooves are strong<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/white-patterns\/roan\">roan<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Even tempered<br \/>\nWilling and smart<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Harness<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chevaldetraitardennais.be\/?page_id=201\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studbook of the Cheval de Trait Ardennais<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Aratel horse was created in an attempt to lighten and refine heavy Ardennes types. The updated breed was established using Ardennes animals crossed with Arabian, Norman Cob and trotter blood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[5,118,11,15,7],"class_list":["post-9489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey","tag-roan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9489","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=9489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9491,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9489\/revisions\/9491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}