welsh section d question

[flowertops]

ok probably gonna sound lyk a right idiot but are welsh section d's meant to have long feathers around there feet??? obviously this one isnt a welsh section d but lyk these feathers??

 

[Joyscarer]

They are meant to have a small amount of silky feather.

If you look in my album of Joy my sec d you'll see that even though she has less than the pic you posted her feather is still far too much to be desireable.

 

[Georgie.I]

This is my boys feathers, hes a well bred section D

 

[Sexy Sietske]

What 'feathering' section Ds have is not exactly what I would call feathers

But no, its not 'desirable' for a section d to have 'excessive' feathering, but like always their are exceptions!

 

[Melting Moments]

No horse is the same, no matter what breed they are supposed to be, some (rare) do have more feather then others.

 

[SavingGrace]

I don't think there is a single horse on my yard that doesn't have some feathers (although alot are trimmed off) even my pals TB has a teeny amount of them

 

[flowertops]

yeah i see what you mean but does it matter if they have long feathers like at shows or anything really ?

 

[Georgie.I]

yeah i see what you mean but does it matter if they have long feathers like at shows or anything really ?

Sadly its mostly on the judges preferances and which they like. A section D came 1st at a show i did, and it looked more like an andulician than a section D!!! It was lovely but nothing at all like the breed

 

[chev]

In days gone by some bright spark introduced Shire blood to Welsh cobs to make colliery horses. The results were coarse heads, dishing and lots of feather and the cross fell out of favour quickly. Cobs with lots of feather were looked down on because of this.

History lesson over - in the showring some feather is acceptable but not heavy feathering as in traditional cobs.

WPCS description;

Some silky feather is permitted but lots of coarse wiry hair is objectionable.

 

[Melting Moments]

yeah i see what you mean but does it matter if they have long feathers like at shows or anything really ?

At the end of the day, If the Judge like's you, they like you end off.

 

[flowertops]

thanxi just got confused as a friend just bought a welsh section d and she has really long feathers close to the ones in the picture.

 

[xloopylozzax]

just ditto chev basically

not a fan of excessive feathers, or long manes and tails on welshies