Connemara Pony Breed Characteristics

Characteristics:
Good temperament, hardiness and staying power, intelligence and soundness, surefootedness and jumping ability, suitable for child and adult.

Height:
133cms - 148cms high (14.2hh).

Colour:
Grey, bay, black, brown, dun, with occasional roan, chestnut, palomino and dark-eyed cream.

Type:
Compact, well-balanced riding type with depth, substance and good heart room, standing on short legs covering a lot of ground.

Head:
Well-balanced pony head of medium length with good width between large dark kindly eyes. Pony ears, well-defined cheek bones, jaw relatively deep but not coarse.

Front:
Head well set onto neck. Chest not over-loaded and neck not set too low. Well defined wither and good sloping shoulder giving a good length of rein.

Body:
Deep with strong back. Some length permissible but should be well ribbed up with strong loins.

Limbs:
Good length and strength in forearm, well-defined knees and short cannons with flat bone measuring 18-21cms. Elbows should be free, pasterns of medium length, feet well-shaped of medium size, hard and level.

Hindquarters:
Strong and muscular with some length, well-developed second thigh and strong low-set hocks.

Movement:
Free and true without undue knee action, but active and covering the ground.

For further information, please visit the British Connemara Pony Society website.