BREED STANDARD
 1. TYPE - With rounded outlines the silhouette of which can
be fitted into a square, weight around 500 kg.
2. HEIGHT - Medium, to be measured at the withers at the age of 6
years - females 1,55 ms (15.1 hands); males 1,60 ms (15.3 hands).
3. COAT - Grey and bay. Black is rare.
4. TEMPERAMENT - Noble, generous and ardent, but always gentle and
able to withstand duress.
5. MOVEMENTS - Agile, elevated forward, smooth and having a great
facility to carry the rider in comfort.
6. APTITUDE - A natural ability for concentration. Besides its
original use (combat and bullfighting) it shows great ability for
classical dressage, jumping and high school.
7. HEAD - Well proportioned, of medium length, narrow and dry.
Slightly sub-convex profile with the forehead in advance of the
bones of the eyebrows. The eyes elliptical in shape, big and
alive, expressive and confident. The ears are of medium length,
fine, narrow and expressive.
8. NECK - of medium length and arched, the junction between head
and neck is narrow, the neck is deep in the base and well inserted
between the shoulders, rising up from the withers without any
convexity.
9. WITHERS - Well defined and long, with a smooth transition from
the back to the neck. Always higher than the croup.
10. CHEST - of medium size, deep and muscular.
11. RIBCAGE - Well developed, long and deep with the ribs
obliquely arched into the joint with the spinal column which
promotes a short and full flank.
12. SHOULDERS - Long, slanting and well muscled.
13. BACK - Well defined and tending towards the horizontal making
a smooth union between the withers and loins.
14. LOINS - Short, wide, muscular, slightly convex, well connected
with the back and croup with which they form a continuous harmonious line.
15. CROUP - Strong and rounded, well balanced, slightly slanting,
the length and width should be of identical proportions, the
profile convex and harmonious with the point of hip relatively
unobtrusive, giving the croup a transverse section of elliptical
shape. The tail emerges from the same line as the croup, being of
long, silky and abundant hair.
16. LEGS - The forelegs are well muscled and harmoniously
inclined. The upper arm straight and muscular. The cannons slight
and muscular. The fetlocks are dry, relatively big and with very
little hair. The pasterns are relatively long and sloping. The
hooves are of good constitution, well defined and proportioned
without being too open; the line of the coronet is not very
evident. The buttock is short and convex. The thigh is muscular
and tends to be short, making the gaskin in the same vertical line
as the hip bone. The leg is slightly long from the hock making the
point of the hock in the same vertical line of the point of the
buttock. The hocks are large, strong and dry. The back legs
present a picture of relatively closed angles.
(Source - Lusitano Stud Book)
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