Height: The preferred height range is:
- Stallions & Geldings 11.3 hh (119.4cm) to 12.3 hh (129.5cm) at maturity.
- Mares 11.2 hh (116.8cm) to 12.2 hh (127cm) at maturity.

General Appearance or Type: Definite "pony" character; hard and strong; vigorous and alert and symmetrical in appearance; mealy muzzle; "Toad eyes".

Head and neck: Ears short, thick and pointed; clean-cut face; wide forehead; eyes large, wide apart and prominent (Toad eyes); wide nostrils; mealy muzzle; clean throat; good length of rein.

Shoulders: Clean, fine at top, well laid back.

Chest: Deep & wide between and behind forelegs. Ribs long, deep, well sprung and wide apart.

Back: Level; broad and level across loins; tail neatly set in.

Legs: Clean and short, with neat hard feet; forelegs straight, well apart and squarely set; hind legs well apart, nearly perpendicular from hock to fetlock with point of hock in line with pelvis bone, wide curve from flank to hock joint; legs free in motion with no tendency to sweep or turn.

Action: Straight and smooth, without exaggerated action.

Coat: Summer - close, hard and bright. Winter -a double-layered dense coat with an under insulating layer of fine, springy hair and an outer water-proofing layer of hard, greasy hair.

Colour: Bay, brown or dun, with black points; mealy colour on muzzle, round eyes and inside flanks; no white markings anywhere.

Quality: Alert expression and general poise indicating balance and symmetry of movement; fine clean bone.

Showing Rules: All ponies exhibited in Exmoor Pony classes, with the exception of driving classes, shall be shown in "natural condition" (except washing and/or brushing), i.e. tails not cut, no trimming etc. All ponies exhibited in "riding" and "performance" classes shall be four years old or over. A member shall not knowingly exhibit a pony bred, leased or produced by the judge, his/her immediate family or his/her employer.