Eligibility: Any original finish, customized, artist resin, flocked or original sculpture are accepted. Fantasy or Mascot type models are 
accepted as well, but there won’t be any registrations for these, 
just some bonus classes to enter for fun. Models must fit 
into one of the following categories:

Donkeys come in different shapes and breeds, just like horses do. Those that range in size from 37” to 54” are called Standard donkeys in the States, (One inch is approx. 2.5 cm) and includes Spanish, French, Italian and other European breeds, such as Catalonian (the Thoroughbred in the Donkey world), Andalusian, Mallorca, Ragusan, Malta, Martina Franca and the rare endangered Baudet de Poitou. According to the American Donkey and Mule Society, anything else is specialized and termed separately, (Miniature or Mammoth) but of you do know the breed of your donkey, please state it. Among donkeys, all colors and patterns occur except palomino, buckskin, true bay and appaloosa. Pinto does occur but with different and unusual patterns than those in horses. Pinto donkeys are called spotted. Donkey grey (grey body color with dorsal and shoulder striping, a k a the donkey cross) is technically called grey-dun. True grey is very rare, but has been documented. Red, blue and grey roan do exist but also here, different from horses. Among Mammoth asses, the preferred color is black with white points (mealy colored muzzle, eye rings, throat, belly and inner leg area), but they have been known to come in sorrel, roan and spotted. Donkey leg barring ear marks and crosses are not always present. Crosses can be very thin or wide, dark or very faint.

Miniature donkey 28”-36” at withers
Small Standard 37”-48” at withers
Large Standard 48”-54” at withers
Mammoth 54” and up for jennets, 56” and up for jacks

A Mule is the offspring of a jack and a mare

A Hinny is the offspring of a stallion and a jenny

Mules and hinnies come in all accepted horse colors as well as in unique spotted colors - both from pinto/appaloosa horse parents and spotted donkeys. Spots are often large and skewed on the mule, often very unusual and loud. Multiple colors and patterns may be present at the same time. True tobianos, overos and neatly spotted blankets are very rare. Most mules have mealy muzzles and eye rings, although dark nosed/faced mules do occur. Sometimes the donkey also passes on the cross and leg barring. Mules and hinnies likewise come in all shapes and sizes, from minis to refined riding stock to light draft. Be advised that a Draft mule will not be as heavily muscled as the draft horse parent. They resemble more like a heavy hunter in body type and they don’t have feathered legs.

This includes the three subtypes of Zebra: Plains type - Quagga, Burchells, Grants/Boehms, Chapman/Damara, Selous, the Mountain type - Hartmann Mt and Cape Mt and the Desert type - Grevy. Striping patterns varies according to species. Reddish or buff colored stripes may replace the traditional black depending on species and age. Zebras can be shown as wild, zoo-bred or exotic farm-bred in ELES. The Quagga is extinct and must be shown as zoo-bred only (a re-breeding project is underway in South Africa for real).

Zebra Hybrids generally carry some degree of striping. If bred to a spotted ass or appaloosa/pinto horse, the hybrids will be both spotted and striped. A Zebra crossed on a horse hybrid is usually called Zorse, Zebroid, Zebrule, or Zony (if a pony is used instead of a horse). A Zebra crossed on a donkey or wild ass produces a hybrid called a Zebrass, Zedonk, or Zonkey. Hybrids can be shown as zoo-bred or exotic farm-bred as well.

There are two types of wild asses considered “primitive”: African Wild Ass - Nubian, Somali, Algerian, Heughlin/Dollman, and the Asian Wild Ass - Onager, Kulan, Kiang, Khur/Ghorkar, Dzeggetai, Syrian, Persian and Anatolian. Some are extinct and must be shown as zoo-bred. Wild ass colors vary from shades of red and brown, to buff and grey. (No spotted). Some species have leg barring. These wild breeds should not be confused with the wild or feral Bureau of Land Management (BLM) burros of North America that are rounded up and adopted out every year. If you have one of these, they are considered “domestic” type and should be shown in Division I alongside the usual standard type donkeys.

The Prezwalski horse (Mongolian horse or Taki) must have black points (muzzle, mane/tail, legs) but can range from yellow dun to almost bay in body color. In ELES you may show these as either zoo-bred or in the wilds (special preserves set aside for them).

ELES is a toy/model/collectable (not live) equine organization and a sister organization
of ALES (The American Long Ears Society) which works with the live animal organization
the ADMS (American Donkey and Mule Society).






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