Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
Großbritanien

in moderate-sized horse in the Karossier-Typ, with it with good Reitpferdepoints and abnormal Springvermögen. Big, easily geramster head of especially dependable expression. The neck is put on high, long and originates from a shoulder quite ideal for Reitzwecke not always. The withers is flat and changes to a long back, that is regarded as race-typical. The foundation is powerful, the legs are relatively short. The correctness leaves to sometimes wish something, however the blue hooves are of excellent quality. No Fesselbehang, white insignia undesirable, only a tiny star is allowed; the horses must be brown (bay). Stick-measurement of 162 and 172 cm.

Cleveland is the northern part of the county Yorkshire. Already in the 7. The abbots of Whitby bred century excellent packhorses in this area. Under Elizabeth I. if orientals came, later also Andalusier from Cordoba here; Berber-stallions came over the sea-way of Tangier, that also was in English possession. By 1660, the mixture had consolidated to a race. Under Georg II. reached numerous stallions in the stud farms of Hanover and Oldenburg, after Jütland, America and even Russia. In the year 1884, William Scarth Dixon established the Stutbuch for thoroughbred Cleveland Bays, there was only more by 1960 Remainders. With barely 200 copies, the race is among the "endangered pets".