Colour and Coat:
A fine, sometimes curly, coat of varying shades of golden red colour or black;
sometimes paler on the underline and legs.
Hide loose and supple.
Head:
Somewhat longish head with a broad, clean muzzle, free of discolouration.
Horn, if present, fine white or yellow.
Eyes- hooded and alert but placid.
Ears-reasonably large and horizontal.
Shoulders:
Strong and fine blending smoothly into the body.
Long neck, fine in a female but well developed in a mature bull.
Body:
Deep and full in the girth, ribs - well sprung with good extension.
Deep in the flank giving a good clean underline.
Back - long and straight, wide with thick loins.
Hindquarters:
Rumps - long and full, wide and square with wide pin bones and a level tail
setting.
Rounds - deep and wide to the hocks.
A strong tail with a good brush.
Legs and Feet:
Showing plenty of fine bone, reasonably straight and squarely positioned giving
good, easy movement.
Fore legs not too wide apart.
Feet - medium sized with even claws, neither too long nor down on the pasterns.
Structural soundness is paramount.
Bull:
Showing strong male characteristics.
Testes to be pendulous and large in size.
Frame score ideally between 5 and 7.1, with fleshing ability to attain a weight
of 1000kgs plus at maturity, with a muscle score of C+ to B.
Cow:
Lighter and finer muscled and more wedge shaped than the bulls, but with plenty
of volume.
Showing a medium sized udder with even, medium sized well placed teats.
Frame score ideally between 5 and 7.