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| Height: | The
preferred height range is: - Stallions & Geldings 11.3 hh (119.4 cm) to 12.3 hh (129.5cm) at maturity. Mares 11.2 hh (116.8 cm) to 12.2 hh (127 cm) at maturity. |
| Colour: | Bay, brown or dun, with black points; mealy colour on muzzle, round eyes and inside flanks; no white markings anywhere. |
| Type: | Definite "pony" character; hard and strong; vigorous and alert and symmetrical in appearance; mealy muzzle; "Toad eyes". |
| Head & Neck: | Ears short, thick and pointed; clean-cut face; wide forehead; eyes large, wide apart and prominent (Toad eyes); wide nostrils; mealy muzzle; clean throat; good length of rein. |
| Shoulders: | Clean, fine at top, well laid back. |
| Chest: | Deep & wide between and behind forelegs. Ribs long, deep, well sprung and wide apart. |
| Back: | Level; broad and level across loins; tail neatly set in. |
| Legs: | Clean and short, with neat hard feet; forelegs straight, well apart and squarely set; hind legs well apart, nearly perpendicular from hock to fetlock with point of hock in line with pelvis bone, wide curve from flank to hock joint; legs free in motion with no tendency to sweep or turn. |
| Movement: | Straight and smooth, without exaggerated action. |
| Coat: | Summer
- close, hard and bright. Winter -a double-layered dense coat with an under insulating layer of fine, springy hair and an outer water-proofing layer of hard, greasy hair. |
| General: | Alert expression and general poise indicating balance and symmetry of movement; fine clean bone. |
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