Used almost exclusively for racing, the Philippine Race Horse of today is English Thoroughbred<\/a> adapted locally. Horse racing is a popular Philippine sport, whether in harness or under saddle. Originally local horses<\/a> were raced, later Arabian<\/a> animals were introduced. However by the early 20th century most racing horses in the country were of English Thoroughbred lineage, with a splash of Arabian from time to time. <\/p>\n Average height 15.5-17 hands<\/p>\n Head is thin and dry with a straight or convex profile Generally bay<\/a> or brown<\/a>, but can also be found in grey<\/a>, chestnut<\/a> and black<\/a><\/p>\n High energy and nervous Racing Intro Used almost exclusively for racing, the Philippine Race Horse of today is English Thoroughbred adapted locally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[5,4,118,11,15],"class_list":["post-9953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-philippines","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953","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=9953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9955,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953\/revisions\/9955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nOrigins<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
Physique<\/h3>\n
\nEars are large
\nNeck is long and thin
\nWithers are prominent
\nBack is short and straight
\nTail is high set
\nLegs are long
\nHooves are small<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nCan be difficult to train<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nSport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"