1) PLACE OF ORIGIN: the region of Puglia in Southerm Italy.
The zone of the Murge in the Districts of Bari Taranto and Brindisi.
2) IDEAL USES: cross country riding and attacks.
3) TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
a) coat: charcoal black
b) Conformation: -head: a straight or slightly ram-like profile, not heavy, whith
a large brow and front tuft, regular ears, large exspressive
eyes, large and mobile nostrils; -neck: muscular, well carried and gracefull muonted whith an
abundant mane; -houlders: beatiful inclined and muscular; -withers: good conformation and graceful attachment to the
shoulders; -dorso: horizontal and well -sustained; -loins: short and muscular; -croou: well-proportioned, muscular and well inclined; -chest: large and muscular; -thorax: well developer; -limbs: solid whith medium -length forelegs and of fine
inclination; -articulations : strong,thick ligaments and tendons; -gait: relaxed,nimble step and well cadenced trot; -plunbline: regular -feet: regolar, straight whith compact, black nails.
c) temperament: balanced and lively;
d) others characteristics: versatily of use, rugged, frugal,
adaptable to the most marinal terrain;
e) defects that exclude animals from the Anagraphic Register: a
poorly tinted coat, spotted white pr other discolorations,white
marks on the head or limbs a heavy head, a flattened profile,
small eyes, fallen cars, curvature of the back; any grave
defects detracting from functionality or of a heriditary nature.
A slooping croup. Big feet. White nails.
