{"id":9571,"date":"2025-08-07T01:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2025-08-07T01:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:27:12","slug":"catalan-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/catalan-horse","title":{"rendered":"Catalan Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Now extinct, the Catalan horse is an ancestor of today&#8217;s <a href=\"\/breeds\/catalan-pyrenean\">Catalan Pyrenean horse<\/a>. This was a breed of saddle horse that was bred specifically in Catalonia, from where they get their name.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>The origins of this breed are unclear, but they were notable for their calm demeanor and robust body. While some of their genetics live on in the modern Pyrenean, it is a more massive type then the original. They were likely bred into extinction during the early 20th century. <\/p>\n<p>Luckily, there is an attempt to re-create these interesting bloodlines using a small herd of animals which exemplify Catalan horse characteristics.   <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.3-15.7 hands<br \/>\nMane and tail hair was fine<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has a slightly convex profile<br \/>\nNeck is muscular<br \/>\nBack is short<br \/>\nHindquarters are sloping<br \/>\nLegs are strong<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Brave and intelligent<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Harness<br \/>\nMilitary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Now extinct, the Catalan horse is an ancestor of today&#8217;s Catalan Pyrenean horse. This was a breed of saddle horse that was bred specifically in Catalonia, from where they get their name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4,125],"class_list":["post-9571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spain","tag-black","tag-extinct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571","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=9571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9573,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9571\/revisions\/9573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}