{"id":996,"date":"2010-08-09T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T14:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=996"},"modified":"2025-10-29T06:10:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:10:24","slug":"piquira-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/piquira-pony","title":{"rendered":"Piquira Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The Piquira Pony is a relatively recent pony breed from Brazil, they were created by crossing local <a href=\"\/breeds\/crioulo\">Crioulo<\/a> with small pony breeds (mostly <a href=\"\/breeds\/shetland-pony\">Shetland<\/a>).<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>From the start breeding was based on two basic characteristics, size and gait, with a variety of pony breeds being used for specific characteristics. The result is a large pony which retains the hardiness of both Crioulo and Shetland breeds.<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 12.2 &#8211; 13.1 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is well proportioned and expressive with a straight profile<br \/>\nEyes are large and active<br \/>\nNeck is light but muscular<br \/>\nBack is short, straight and muscular<br \/>\nLegs are sturdy with strong joints<br \/>\nHooves are round and hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Docile and calm<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Children&#8217;s mount<br \/>\nLight agriculture<\/p>\n<h3>Useful Links<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.ponei.org.br\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pony Horse Breeders Brazilian Association, (ABCCPonei)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oiJmTNSh1RQ?si=R3jA0d476v4sU_7I\" 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 Piquira Pony is a relatively recent pony breed from Brazil, they were created by crossing local Crioulo with small pony breeds (mostly Shetland).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[9,126,134],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brazil","tag-all-colors","tag-at-risk","tag-critical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","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=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10305,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/10305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}