Connemara Pony
Standard of Excellence
| General: | Compact, well-balanced riding type with good depth and substance and good heart room, standing on short legs, covering a lot of ground. Good temperament, hardiness, staying power, intelligence, soundness, surefootedness, jumping ability, suitable for child or adult. |
| Height: | Not exceeding 14.2 hands high |
| Colour: | Grey, Black, Bay, Brown, Dun, Roan, Chestnut, Palomino and Dark-eyed Creams |
| Head: | Well-balanced head of medium length with good width between large kindly eyes. Pony ears, well-defined cheekbone, jaw relatively deep but not coarse. Head well-set onto neck. Crest should not be over-developed. Neck not set on too low. Good length of rein. Good sloping shoulders. |
| Body: | Body should be deep, with strong back, some length permissible but should be well-ribbed up and with strong loins. Hind Quarters should be strong and muscular with some length, well-developed second thighs (gaskin) and strong low-set hocks. |
| Limbs: | Good length and strength in forearm, well-defined knees and short cannons, with flat bone measuring at least 18cms |
| Action: | Free, easy and true, active with some knee action, and covering the ground |
| Show Presentation: | A Connemara Pony should be shown in as natural state as possible |