{"id":9894,"date":"2025-10-02T02:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9894"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:30:51","slug":"merlerault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/merlerault","title":{"rendered":"Merlerault Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Merlerault Horse comes from the Merlerault region of Normandy, from which it takes its name. Not an official breed, it is considered a variety of <a href=\"\/breeds\/anglo-norman\">Anglo Norman<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Horses have been bred in Normandy for centuries and many fine breeds originated in the area. While their breeding traditions are old, the Merlerault is relatively new and thought to have been created by nobility from <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">Thoroughbred<\/a> animals. They were said to have supplied the rick with saddle horses through much of the 17th and 18th centuries. <\/p>\n<p>They seem to have fallen out of favor towards the end of the 18th century and are today considered extinct.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 15.3 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is square with a straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is well set and arched<br \/>\nBack is short<br \/>\nShoulder is broad<br \/>\nHindquarters are slightly inclined<br \/>\nLegs are lean<\/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>Energetic and bold<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Transportation<br \/>\nPulling tilbury carriages<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/merlerault-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Merlerault Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/merlerault-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Merlerault Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The Merlerault Horse comes from the Merlerault region of Normandy, from which it takes its name. Not an official breed, it is considered a variety of Anglo Norman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5,118,11,125],"class_list":["post-9894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-bay","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-extinct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894","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=9894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9896,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894\/revisions\/9896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}