Hokkaido Pony — a compact, very sturdy and hardy Japanese pony-type horse breed. Height at withers: 1300–1420 mm (average 1350–1380 mm). Live weight: 350000–450000 g. Build: broad, deep, with powerful bone and well-developed musculature. Head relatively large, broad in the frontal part, with pronounced ganache, profile straight or slightly concave. Neck short, very muscular, high-set. Body compact, barrel-shaped, deep. Back short, broad, strong. Croup broad, muscular, slightly sloping. Limbs strong, with short pasterns. Hooves very strong, broad, rounded, with thick dark or black horn. Mane very thick, coarse, often double. Coat coarse, dense, with very thick undercoat, forming a powerful “coat” in winter. Allowed colors: bay, black, chestnut, brown, gray, dun, mouse dun. Distinguished by extremely high adaptability to cold climate, primitive “forest” type of conformation, strong bone and hoof horn compared to European ponies and Kiso pony.