The breed standard of the national club.

Body Coat

  • Clipped down to a maximum of one inch, pure colour, fine texture, even and dense all over
  • A coat of 1 – 2 inches is permissible in the case of coloured Angoras
  • 15 points

Furnishings

  • Head, feet, legs, face, ears and tail
  • 15 points

Head

  • Broad, short skull, broad flat nose, large eyes of correct colour, dense crest, long fringe, thickly wooled along line of jaw
  • 10 points

Ears

  • Erect, short, tapered, well wooled, fringed and tufted
  • 10 points

Body

  • Short coupled, back arched, chest deep, broad and prominent, powerful shoulders and loins a good size
  • 25 points

Legs and Feet

  • Straight, good but not coarse boned, heavily wooled with short nails
  • 10 points

Condition

  • Firm flesh, clean well nourished and well groomed
  • 10 points

Carriage

  • Alert and upstanding, masculine in appearance in the case of a buck
  • 5 points

Total Points 100

Weight

  • Ideally not to be more than 7½lbs.

Serious Faults

  • Narrow wedge head, low head or ear carriage, plain long ears, no furnishings, bad condition

Points awarded when judging Angora Stud Buck and Brood Doe

Standard of PointsPoints
1Body coat15
2Furnishings15
3Head10
4Ears10
5Body25
6Legs and Feet10
7Condition10
8Carriage5
Total100