{"id":9543,"date":"2025-08-06T03:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T03:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9543"},"modified":"2025-08-06T03:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T03:31:01","slug":"black-coach-cotentin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/black-coach-cotentin","title":{"rendered":"Black Coach Horse of Cotentin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>There are many legendary European harness breeds, so it is notable for one to stand out amongst the crows. It seems the Black Coach Horse of Cotentin was in demand throughout Europe. In part appreciated for their uniquely black coat.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The origins of this handsome coach horse are unknown. Dome believe they come from Danish horses, but their similarity to the black <a href=\"\/breeds\/friesian\">Friesian<\/a> might be undeniable. Regardless of their origins at one time they were the belle of the ball when it came to coach horses in the region. Sadly, even their popularity was not enough to keep them in vogue. The breed became extinct at the end of the 19th century when the last stallion, Le Corbeau gave up the ghost. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.8-16.7 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair full<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is strong with a convex profile<br \/>\nEyes are small<br \/>\nEars are long<br \/>\nNeck is short and wide<br \/>\nShoulders are muscular<br \/>\nChest is broad<br \/>\nWithers are well defined<br \/>\nBack is long<br \/>\nHindquarters are rounded<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Always <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Docile and kind<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Harness<br \/>\nCavalry artillery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro There are many legendary European harness breeds, so it is notable for one to stand out amongst the crows. It seems the Black Coach Horse of Cotentin was in demand throughout Europe. In part appreciated for their uniquely black coat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-9543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543","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=9543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9545,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543\/revisions\/9545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}