Breed Standard

The Breed Standard is used, not only for judging, but also applies to a good sheep to be used to produce good representative progeny.
Head:	Good Broad, clean head with a well developed jaw. Large brown nose Short Broad teeth meeting the pad Low set ears and bright eyes with plenty of width.
Carcase	Long drawn with plenty of width, deep ribs and good hindquarters.
Legs	Straight and well apart with plenty of bone. Up on the pasterns with sound feet. Colour broken white and brown. ”Leg on each corner”
Wool:	Good, clean open lustre staple, not too strong and of medium length, with no black fibres. Uniform over the whole fleece. This should be fine, long-stapled lustre wool with no dark fibres in the fleece. It should be uniform in texture over the whole body.
Style	Upstanding, head held high. Parades well. Good general appearance.

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