{"id":9859,"date":"2025-10-01T00:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9859"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:09:05","slug":"lezgian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/lezgian","title":{"rendered":"Lezgian Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Lezgian Horse is not an official breed, but rather a strain of the hardy <a href=\"\/breeds\/dagestan-pony\">Dagestan Horse<\/a> found in southern Dagestan.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Horses have been raised in the Dagestan region for centuries and the resulting animals are hardy, versatile and surefooted. Appreciated by locals for their ability to traverse difficult terrain, they are deeply rooted in the culture of people in the area. They symbolize strength and resilience in a harsh climate. <\/p>\n<p>They share similarities with <a href=\"\/breeds\/avar-pony\">Avar<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/kabarda\">Kabarda<\/a> horses, all known for their robust nature and sure footed abilities.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.8-15.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has a straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is muscular<br \/>\nBack is straight<br \/>\nLegs are strong<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Intelligent and energetic<br \/>\nCan be stubborn<br \/>\nWilling to please<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nLight agriculture<br \/>\nPack animal<br \/>\nRiding<br \/>\nTrekking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Lezgian Horse is not an official breed, but rather a strain of the hardy Dagestan Horse found in southern Dagestan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[5,4,118,15],"class_list":["post-9859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9859","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=9859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9863,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9859\/revisions\/9863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}