Section A - The Welsh Mountain Pony

• Not exceeding 121.9 cm (12.0 hands)
• Section A of the Stud Book

GENERAL CHARACTER
Hardy, spirited and pony-like

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 AND 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 AND LOINS
Muscular, strong and well coupled

GIRTH
Deep

RIBS
Well sprung

HIND QUARTERS
Lengthy and fine. Not 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 legs 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, hooves dense.

ACTION
Quick, free and straight from the shoulder. Knees and hocks well flexed with straight and powerful leverage and well under the body.
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