Height - Not
exceeding 12hh
Colour & Markings -
Any colour except piebald and skewbald
Head - Small,
clean -cut, well set on and tapering to muzzle. Eyes bold. Ears well placed,
small and pointed. Set well up on the head, proportionately close. Nostrils
wide and open
Jaws and Throat -
Clean and finely-cut, with ample room at the angle of 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 delow the knee, pasterns of proportionate
slope and length. Feet well shaped and round. Hooves dense
Body - Muscular,
strong and well coupled back and loins. Deep girth with well sprung ribs
Hindquarters -
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
inwards nor outwards. The hind leg not be too bent. The hock not to be set
behind a line from the point of the quarter to the fetlock joint. Pasterns
of propostionate slope and length. Feet well shaped and hooves 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 -
Character Hardy, spirited and pony like
