| What Makes a Good Coffin Bay Brumby? |
| Who could forget the famous Australian poem, The Man From Snowy River, in which the stripling stranger made an epic ride on a part bred Timor pony, such as are by mountain horsemen prized. |
| They are known for their endurance and as unmatched survivors, needing a relatively scant amount of food, and even abort their foals in their own quest for survival. |
A contradiction to their wild make up, is that the brumby have an exceptionally docile nature. They are ideal first brumby for children and many are shown successfully. The Coffin Bay Brumbys are worthy of preservation on merit, rather than sentiment. Horses should be of a good brumby type, with emphasis on temperament, sound conformation and suited for small children through to adults. Colour ranges can be bay, brown, black, chestnut, grey, red and blue roan and dun. White markings on the head and legs are acceptable. Broken coloured brumbys (ie pinto) are not acceptable. A variation of brumbys, in that some are slightly finer than others, these being of riding type, the sturdier type of sound, clean legs could lend themselves to both riding and harness type. Both types of brumby are acceptable |
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