| Category III | BRI | British Standard |
|---|---|---|
| General | Size | large to medium |
| Head | Shape | round and massive with a broad skull |
| Nose | short, broad and straight with a slight indentation, but not a stop as in the "Exotic" | |
| Chin | strong | |
| Ears | Shape | small and slightly rounded at the tips |
| Placement | set wide apart | |
| Eyes | Shape | large, round, wide opened, set wide apart |
| Colour | copper or deep orange, blue, odd eyed, green or bluegreen, green is preferred | |
| Neck | head set on a short, very strong and well-developed neck | |
| Body | muscular, cobby. Broad chest, shoulders and back strong and solid | |
| Legs | short and strong | |
| Paws | round and firm | |
| Tail | short and thick, slightly rounded at the tip | |
| Coat | Structure | short and dense, not lying flat and with a good undercoat fine texture texture should be crisp to touch |
| Colour | Eevery hair should be uniform in colour down to the roots, except in tabby and silver varieties. For colour varieties refer to the tables below |
| Scale of Points | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 100 | |
| Head | general shape, nose, jaws and teeth, forehead, chin, placement and shape of the ears, shape, size and placement of the eyes | 30 |
| Eye colour | 10 | |
| Body | shape, size, bone structure, shape of legs and paws, tail and its length | 20 |
| Coat | colour, markings and pattern, tipping and patchingy | 20 |
| quality and texture, length | 15 | |
| Condition | 5 | |
| Recognized Colour Varieties | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour | EMS Code | *Remarks | |
| White | BRI w 61/62/63/67 | A, B, C, F, J | |
| Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac/Red/Cream | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e | B | |
| Black/Blue/Chocolate/Lilac tortie | BRI f/g/h/j | B | |
| Smoke | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s | B | |
| Silver shaded/shell | BRI n/a/b/c s 11/12 | D | |
| BRI d/e/f/g/h/j s 11/12 | B | ||
| Golden shaded/shell | BRI n/a y 11/12 | E, H | |
| Tabby | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 22/23/24 | B | |
| Silver tabby | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 22/23/24 62/64 | B, E, H | |
| Golden tabby | BRI n/a y 22/23/24 | D, G | |
| Van/Harlequin/Bicolour | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 01/02 | A, B, C, I | |
| BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 03 | B | ||
| Van/Harlequin/Bicolour smoke | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 01/02 | A, B, C, I | |
| BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 03 | B | ||
| Van/Harlequin/Bicolour tabby | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 01/02 21 | A, B, C, I | |
| BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 03 22/23/24 | B | ||
| Van/Harlequin/Bicolour silver tabby | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 01/02 21 | A, B, C, E, I | |
| BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j s 03 22/23/24 | B, E | ||
| Colourpoint | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 33 | F | |
| Tabby point colourpoint | BRI n/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/j 21 33 | F | |
| *Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Eye colour | A | deep blue |
| B | copper or deep orange | |
| C | odd eyed: one eye deep blue, the other one copper or deep orange | |
| D | green or blue green, green is preferred; outlined with the colour of the tipping/pattern | |
| E | green or yellowish green; preferably green | |
| F | deep blue, resulting from the Himalayan gene, to be as deep and pure as possible | |
| Coat colour | G | the tipping/pattern of the hair is dark |
| Misc. | H | cats with green and cats with copper/orange eye colour are judged in separate classes |
| I | all eye colour varieties of Van/Harlequin are judged in the same class | |
| J | BRI w 61/67 are judged in the same class | |