{"id":9891,"date":"2025-10-02T02:08:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9891"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:08:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:08:44","slug":"megeve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/megeve","title":{"rendered":"Meg\u00e8ve Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Not an official breed, but rather a type of mountain horse bred in the French Alps. Specifically from the commune of Meg\u00e8ve, from which they take their name.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Established in the late 20th century, Meg\u00e8ve animals are a cross between <a href=\"\/breeds\/comtois\">Comtois<\/a> and Swiss <a href=\"\/breeds\/freiberg\">Franches Montagnes<\/a> bloodlines. The result was a strong, versatile animal, well suited for pulling loads over mountainous terrain.  <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.3-15.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has a straight profile<br \/>\nChest is wide<br \/>\nBody is compact<br \/>\nHindquarters are powerful<br \/>\nLegs are robust<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Even tempered and reliable<br \/>\nEnduring and calm<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Draft<br \/>\nTransportation<\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/twjUeHlOQus?si=nPmqX_HHpoysT_Ls\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro Not an official breed, but rather a type of mountain horse bred in the French Alps. Specifically from the commune of Meg\u00e8ve, from which they take their name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5,118,11],"class_list":["post-9891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891","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=9891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9892,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891\/revisions\/9892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}