Rasse:

Dartmoor Pony

Herkunft:

England; Landschaft Dartmoor nahe Exeter

Größe:

bis 127 cm

Farbe:

Braune, Schwarzbraune, Rappen, Schimmel, Füchse und Roan; keine Schecken; kleine weiße Abzeichen an Kopf und Beine erlaubt

Gebäude:

        Kopf:

klein, edel; breite Stirn; kleine Ohren; großes, freundliches, ausdrucksvolles Auge

        Hals:

genügend gewölbt; gut angesetzt

        Körper:

gute, schräge Schulter; nicht zu fein am Widerrist; gute Sattellage; gut bemuskelter Rücken und Kruppe mittlerer Länge; gute Brusttiefe und -breite; gut angesetzter Schweif

        Fundament:

trocken; kräftige, starke Gelenke und stabile Röhren; genügend Ellbogenfreiheit; nicht zu lange Fesseln, harte Hufe

Bewegungsablauf:

raumgreifend; ohne übertriebene Hinterhandaktion; flach und gerade aus der Schulter kommend

Einsatzmöglichkeiten:

Anfangsreitpony für Kinder; als Fahrpony gut geeignet; kleines Jagd- und Vielseitigkeitspferd; besondere Eignung für behinderte Kinder

Besondere Merkmale:

hart, robust, ausdauernd; wird auf guten Charakter gezüchtet.

The Standard of the Dartmoor Pony:

HEIGHT:
Not exceeding 12,2 hh (127 cm)

COLOUR:
Bay, black, brown, chestnut, grey, roan. Piebalds and skewbalds are not allowed. Excessive white markings should be discouraged.

HEAD AND NECK:
The head should be small with large kindly eyes and small alert ears. It should be well set on a good neck of medium length. The throat and jaws should be fine and showing no signs of coarseness or throatiness.
Stallions have a moderate crest.

SHOULDERS:
Good shoulders are most important. They should be well laid back and sloping but not too fine at the withers.

BODY:
Of medium length and strong, well ribbed up and with a good depth of girth, giving plenty of heart room.

LOIN AND HINDQUARTERS:
Strong and well covered with muscle. The hind quarters should be of medium length and neither level nor steeply sloping. The tail should be well set up.

LIMBS:
The hocks should be well let down with plenty of length from hip to hock, clean cut and with plenty of bone below the hock. They should have a strong second thigh. They should not be „sickled“ or „cowhocked“.

The fore legs should not be tied in at the elbows. The fore- arm should be muscular and relatively long and the knee fairly and flat on the front.

The cannons should be short with ample good, flat, flinty bone. The pasterns should be sloping but not too long. The feet should be hard and well shaped.

MOVEMENT:
Low and straight coming from the shoulder with good hock action but without exaggeration.

GENERAL:
The mane and tail should be full and natural. The Dartmoor is a very good looking riding pony, sturdily built yet with quality.