Cor de base
Black and tan
- The black ebony, the tan likened to a new chestnut deeply rich.
- Colours not running or blending into each other, but meeting abruptly, forming clear and well defined lines of colour division.
- Forelegs tanned to knees in front.
- The tan then continuing inside and at back of forelegs to point just below elbows
- thin black line up each toe (pencilling) and a clearly defined black mark (thumb mark) on centre of each pastern, and under chin.
- Hindlegs well tanned in front and inside with black bar dividing tan at centre of lower thigh.
- Undesirable: Heavy tan on outside of hindquarters (breaching or culottes)
- Muzzle well tanned.
- The black continuing from nose along top of muzzle, curving below eyes to base of throat.
- A tan spot above each eye and a small tan spot on each cheek.
- Under jaw and throat tanned, lip line black.
- Undesirable: Hair inside ears tan (tan behind ears undesirable).
- Each side of chest has some tan.
- Vent and under root of tail, tan.
- Undesirable: White hairs forming a patch anywhere totally

