The Breton has several standard characteristics within the three breed types. Their coat color is chestnut or chestnut roan often with flaxen mane and tail, on occasion bay or bay roan will be seen. The head is square and of medium volume with a wide forehead. The nose is straight but sometimes dished, the nostrils wide, the eye lively and the ear is small. The neck is strong, slightly short but set well into the withers. The back is wide, short and muscular; the croup is wide and double; the rib cage is rounded. The shoulder is long and muscular; the limbs are very muscular and short with sound cannon bones.