Highland Ponies
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HIGHLAND PONY SOCIETY
Grosvenor House, Shore Road, Perth PH2 8BD
Tel: 01738 451861 Fax: 01738 451861
Secretary: Mrs S Robertson
Email: info@highlandponysociety.com Website: www.highlandponysociety.com
Breed Standard
Height - The height is 13hh to 14.2hh (132-148cms)
Colour & Markings - Various shades of dun - mouse, yellow, grey, cream and fox. Also grey, brown, black and occasional bay and livery chestnut with silver mane and tail. Most ponies carry the dorsal eel stripe and may have zebra markings on the forelegs. Apart from a small star, white markings (blazes, socks etc) are disliked and discouraged. Stallions with white markings (other than a small star) are not eligible for registration
Head - Well carried, broad between alert and kindly eyes. Short between eyes and muzzle. Muzzle not pinched with wide nostrils
Neck - Strong and not short. Good arched top-line. Throat clean and not fleshy
Shoulders - Well sloped with pronounced withers
Body - Compact. Back with slight natural curve. Deep chest with well sprung ribs
Quarters - Powerful, strong with well developed thigh and second thigh
Legs - Feet & Joints Flat hard bone. Forearm strong with broad knee, short cannons. Pasterns oblique and not too short. Well shaped hard, dark hooves. Forearm placed well under the weight of the body. Hocks clean and flat. Feather silky and not overly-heavy ending in a prominent tuft at the fetlock
Mane & Tail - Hair should be long, silky and flowing - not coarse. Tail set fairly high and carried gaily