Their calmness is perfectly suited for small children and they have been successful with handicapped riders. They are also known to be independent and stubborn. Tarpans are not easily domesticated, and do not like to give up their freedom. While Tarpans enjoy riding and puling carts, they don t like being told where to go, or what to do. It takes a great deal of patience to tame and command a Tarpan.
Tarpans are small, lightly built horses.
At maturity, the Tarpan will reach a height of roughly 13 hands. Their bodies are dun or grulla in color, with a smoky gray body and a dark head and legs. The mane and tail are dark in the center, with lighter colors on the outer edges, and are semi-erect. Tarpans have large head with large jaws and a thick neck. Their back is short, strong, and has low withers.