| HEIGHT: |
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On average between 1m 40 cm and 1m 47cm.
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| COAT: |
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Their coat is short and smooth and can have the dappled appearance.
Bull – steel to lighter grey with a silver sword through the shoulders
Cow – generally lighter in colour, grey and often slightly shaded with a wheat colour.
Calf – it is born with a wheat coloured coat and in the months that follow takes on the typical colour of the breed.
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| HEAD: |
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The head is triangular of medium size with a good width muzzle, an open nostril and clear mucous membranes. The forehead and the brow are, in general, a darker colour then the rest of the coat.
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| EYES: |
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They are well hooded, pigmented, surrounded by a dominant silver circle with very light grey lashes.
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| MUZZLE: |
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It is terracotta coloured.
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| MOUTH: |
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It is small, yet the sides of the lower jaw are fairly well apart.
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| EARS: |
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They are low set, thick with black or grey hair inside.
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| FACE: |
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Sweet and intelligent looking.
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| NECK: |
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The neck is coupled neatly to a sloping shoulder. In bulls of 2 years old the neck becomes thick with a prominent hump.
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| WITHERS: |
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In mature animals they stand out well and they are thick. One often notices a slight hollowing/depression of the chest.
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SHOULDERS:
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Neat sloping shoulders. Bulls’ shoulders develop to be prominent and muscular.
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| FLANKS: |
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They are round and large and come out horizontally from the spinal column.
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| CHEST: |
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It is broad and deep with a smooth brisket.
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| BACK: |
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Straight broad top line.
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| LOINS: |
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Broad, well supported.
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| RUMP: |
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It should be an extension of the line of the back showing a broad pelvis and slightly inclined.
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| TAIL: |
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It is firm/well attached in the extension of the sacrum, broad at its base, fine/slim at the tip and it comes just about down to the point of the hock.
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HIND
QUARTER:
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They are round and muscular, well filled and come right down to the hocks. The flat part of the buttocks and the inside of the thighs take on quite a light and glossy shade.
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| TESTICLES: |
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They are well separated, without exaggerated development. The sack is flesh or grey coloured. The sheath is not very well pronounced.
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| UDDERS: |
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They are fleshy, medium volumed and covered with sparse very light hair. Having also internal mammary glands which milk on demand, a pendulous udder is not desirable.
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| FRAME: |
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Long and broad with fine bone.
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| LEGS: |
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They are lean and slender, not showing excessive length.
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| FEET: |
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They are small: The hoof is very hard and dark in colour.
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| BALANCE: |
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Perfectly balanced with a quick, swinging walk.
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| SKIN: |
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Fine supple, slack and shiny.
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| HAIR: |
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It is flat and soft to the touch. The hair, which covers the belly, is of a lighter shade then those on the other parts of the body.
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