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Dorset Advantage Breed Standards Guide -The purebred parent may be horned or polled; male or female. -A Dorset Advantage sheep may be 50% Dorset or higher. (ex. a Dorset Advantage registered sheep bred back to a Dorset can also be registered as a Dorset Advantage)

-To be eligible to show the animal must carry a CDC Dorset Advantage paper showing 1/2 blood or higher Dorset percentage. -Dorset Advantage sheep will show slick shorn. -If a separate Dorset Advantage division is not offered at a show, then they are to be shown in the AOB Division.

Dorset ewes should weigh between 150-225 pounds and should not exceed 34 inches tall at the shoulder. Dorset rams should weigh between 225-325 pounds and should not exceed 37 inches tall at the shoulder. The Dorset is an ewe breed with fall lambing characteristics, femininity, prolificacy and great mothering ability.

The Dorset Horn is white-woolled and white-faced; the nostrils are a characteristic pink. It is horned in both sexes, with heavy spiral horns on rams. The fleece is thick, with a weight of 2.25 to 3 kg, a staple length of 80–100 mm, and a Bradford count of 54s–58s.

Its main distinguishing features are its hornless appearance, long, lean square body set on short legs, pink skin and 'spongy' short-stapled wool. The Poll Dorset produces a fleece of white, dense downs type wool of 30 microns fibre diameter and it has a white wool-free face.