Sub-Total: $0.00
Defined By Exceptional Traits
Courtesy of Three Feathers Farm
Courtesy of Stag Creek Farm
ABC 11 Pets Ghengis Khan
Courtesy of Caren & Peter Schumann
Courtesy of Three Feathers Farm
Courtesy of Caren & Peter Schumann
- Wide set eyes with eyelashes that curl up
- Ears that are short to medium in length with curls inside(ear hair does not totally shed out in the summer)
- A medium length neck, deep at the base of the neck where it joins the base of the shoulder
- Noticeably short back, deep through the girth
- An appearance of a long under line and belly cut high in the flank
- Heavy boned legs and short cannon bone as compared to the forearm
- Medium withers and a flat croup with a shallow slope to the base of the tail.
- Body (Fine, soft hair)
- Ringlet (can be several inches long)
- Marcel Wave (deep soft wave in the body coat)
- Crushed Velvet (soft dense pile of curls in body coat)
- Extra fine hair
- Kinky-preferable
- Wavy
- Should shed all or partial in the summerÂ
- Split mane (hangs on both sides of neck)
- Ringlets
- Wavy
- Should shed partial at the head of the tail in the summer or some horses may shed tail completely
- Curly – preferable
- Wavy
- Should shed in summer but still retain some long hairs
- Almost perfectly round in shape
- Very hard and dense
- Proportioned to the size of the horse
- Average size – 15 hands; there are some exceptions from 13.3 hands to 16 hands
- Average weight – 800 to 1000 pounds; some curlies may weigh up to 1200 pounds
- Curly coat can be hypoallergenic (the horsehair is round instead of flat and testing has shown the hair to be closely related to mohair)
- Noticeably short, strong back
- Even-tempered disposition
- Quick pulse and respiration recovery
- Very dense bone in the legs