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THE NEW FOREST PONY - BREED DESCRIPTION
Height: The upper height limit is 148 cms with no lower limit. However New Forest ponies are seldom under 120cm (12 hands).
Colour:  Any colour except piebald, skewbald, or blue eyed cream.
Palomino or very light; chestnut cream ponies with dark eyes are only acceptable as geldings and mares.
Blue eyes are not permitted.
White markings on the head and legs are permitted.
White markings that occur behind the head and above a line parallel to the ground from the point of the hock in the hind leg and the top of the metacarpal bone or bend in the knee in the fore leg are not permitted.
Type:  Of riding type with substance. Ponies should have sloping shoulders, strong quarters, plenty of bone, good depth of body, straight limbs and good hard round feet.
Action:  This should be free, active and straight but not exaggerated.
Temperament: The New Forest Pony has an ideal temperament and should be very easy to train.
   

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