{"id":9902,"date":"2025-10-02T04:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9902"},"modified":"2025-10-19T00:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:07:47","slug":"morna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/morna","title":{"rendered":"Morna Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Morna Horse is not an official breed, but rather a strain of the beautiful <a href=\"\/breeds\/unmol\">Unmol Horse<\/a> which is said to be a descendant of the <a href=\"\/breeds\/turkoman\">Turkoman<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>While they may come from Turkoman bloodlines they have likely taken infusions of <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian<\/a> blood over the years. A very rare type, the Morna is notable for being the largest of Pakistani breeds and the beauty of their high, arched neckline. Displaying the high set neck of Turkoman animals combined with the handsome arch of Arabian blood. <\/p>\n<h3>Studying Speed<\/h3>\n<p>In 2024 a study of this breed was done to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2306-7381\/12\/1\/20\">Evaluate Forelimb and Hindlimb Joint Conformation of Morna Racehorses<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 13.8-14.8 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is small and long<br \/>\nEars are medium sized and curved<br \/>\nNeck is thin and arched<br \/>\nChest is wide<br \/>\nLegs are long and fine<br \/>\nHooves are round<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a>, but can often be found in <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> or <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a> <\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>High energy and brave<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Riding<br \/>\nTransportation<br \/>\nSport<br \/>\nRacing<\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MfLifDDclSA?si=GrpzJGsoM46qpfeH\" 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<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zbhM9_hP8Tc?si=GDJKAX5J3gdRBRx5\" 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 The Morna Horse is not an official breed, but rather a strain of the beautiful Unmol Horse which is said to be a descendant of the Turkoman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[5,4,118,11],"class_list":["post-9902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-chestnut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9902","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=9902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9995,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9902\/revisions\/9995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}