Ideal
Characteristics:
 | Calm disposition |
| Pink skin |
| Slender face, wider at muzzle |
| Muzzle deeper than it is wide |
| Long pendulous ears, which droop
forward at rest; pointed forward when alert |
| Tan to red face |
| Silky lustrous hair on face and legs |
| Hind saddle more than ½ of back
length |
| Rear legs wider than front quarters |
| Height of the pins equal to or lower
than the withers |
| Straight, resilient pasterns |
| Hooves dark brown or stripped with
beige and brown |
| Fore flank and hind flank free of
wool covered with hair similar in color
to face and legs |
| Cheeks free of wool |
| White on crown of head (poll) and
tip of tail |
| Fat tail |
| Twinning |
| Out of season lambing |
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Faults:
| Excessively wide chest |
| Prominent brisket |
| Stiff or weak pasterns |
| White or black hooves |
| Cow-hocked or bow-legged |
| Black or brown spots on face, legs
or in the wool |
| Scurs ¾” or less in rams |
| Wedge shaped head |
| Brown or grey/brown face and leg
color lacking a red hue |
| Mottled face |
| Ears other than long & pendulous |
| Wool on face (except crown of head) |
| Wool on ears |
| Red fiber in wool |
| Heavy wool below the knees and hocks |
| Dew laps, wrinkles & loose skin |
| Small testicles for age |
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Disqualifies
from Registration:
| Undershot or overshot jaw |
| Rams with scurs over ¾” |
| Ewes with any horn |
| White blaze on face below the eye
ridges |
| White or black face |
| White or black leg(s) |
| Mottling or white socks on any leg |
| Spinal deformities (swayback,
ridgeback, or lateral curvature) |
| One or no testicles |
| Split scrotum |
| Undersized or too fine boned
(reasonable limits of the breed standard
to be considered) |
| Oversized or coarseness (reasonable
limits of the breed standard to be considered) |
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