Description of the Welsh Mountain Pony

Section A

Not exceeding 12.2 hands high

General Character:  Hardy, spirited, and pony-like*

Color:  Any color 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 the knee, pasterns of proportionate slope and length, well shaped and round, hooves dense.

Back and Loins:  Muscular, strong, and well coupled

Girth:  Deep

Ribs:  Well Sprung

Hind Quarters:  Lengthy and fine.  Not cobby, 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 inward not outward.  The hind leg 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, well away in front.  Hocks well flexed with straight and powerful leverage and well under the body.

The Welsh Pony

Section B

Not exceeding 14.2 hands high

The same as the Welsh Mountain Pony, but more particularly the Section B pony shall be described as a riding pony, with quality, riding action, adequate bone and substance, hardiness and constitution, and with pony character*

These descriptions were taken from the Welsh Pony of America Stud Book Vols. XXX, XXXI, XXXII