{"id":9596,"date":"2025-08-08T03:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:29:58","slug":"covert-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/covert-hack","title":{"rendered":"Covert Hack Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Covert Hack, or Great Hack Horse is not an official breed, but rather the largest variety of <a href=\"\/breeds\/hackney-horse\">Hackney Horse<\/a>, often traditionally used for hunting.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Hackney horses are notable for their high stepping action and tractable nature. The different types bred for specific characteristics, from carriage horses to sound cross country hunters. The Covert Hack is the latter type, built for speed, agility and endurance. Physically they are similar to the <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">Thoroughbred<\/a> and likely share some genetics. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15-15.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is small with a straight profile<br \/>\nEyes are large<br \/>\nNeck is long<br \/>\nWithers are prominent<br \/>\nBack is long<br \/>\nBody is slender<br \/>\nLegs are lean<br \/>\nFeet are sound<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Can be found in most colors, but <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> and <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> are most common.<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Intelligent and energetic<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Hunting<br \/>\nSport<br \/>\nRiding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Covert Hack, or Great Hack Horse is not an official breed, but rather the largest variety of Hackney Horse, often traditionally used for hunting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[5,4,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-9596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596","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=9596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9598,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596\/revisions\/9598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}