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THE WELSH SECTION A PONY
BREED DESCRIPTION
Height: Not exceeding 12 hands high (121.9 cms).
Colour:  Any colour, except piebald and skewbald.
Head:  Small, clean-cut, well set on and tapering to the muzzle.
Eyes:  Bold.
Ears: Well-placed, small and pointed, well up on the head, proportionately close.
Nostrils: Prominent and open.
Jaws & Throat: Clean and finely cut, with ample room at the angle of the jaw.
Neck: Lengthy, well carried and moderately lean in the case of mares, but inclined to be cresty in the case of mature stallions.
Shoulders: Long and sloping well back. Withers moderately fine, but not "knifey". The humerus upright so that the foreleg is not set in under the body.
Forelegs:  Set square and true, and not tied in at the elbows. Long, strong forearm, well developed knee, short flat bone below knee, pasterns of proportionate slope and length, feet well-shaped and round, hoofs dense.
Back & Loin: Muscular, strong and well coupled.  
Girth:  Deep.
Ribs: Well sprung.
Hind Quarters: Lengthy and fine. Not cobby, ragged or goose-rumped. Tail well set on and carried gaily.
Hind Legs: Hocks to be large, flat and clean with points prominent, to turn neither inward nor outward. The hind leg not to be too bent. The hock not to be set behind a line from the point of the quarter to the fetlock joint. Pasterns of proportionate slope and length. Feet well shaped, hoofs dense.
Action: Quick, free and straight from the shoulder, well away in front. Hocks well flexed with straight and powerful leverage and well under the body. 
General: Hardy, spirited and pony-like.  
   

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