Breeding from a Section B

[Hazelsdales]

Would like thoughts on this please.  Mean't to say from a mare not a stallion.  I have had a lovely Section A whose mother was a Section B but wondered what thoughts are from other breeders.

[harveydales]

It might be worth your while posting on the Dales Appreciation Page on Facebook as most members have migrated there. I'm not a breeder but from what I understand if the mare is a good example of the breed then it shouldn't matter whether she's a section A or B. Yours is an A so ewven more reason not to be concerned. I will leave it to breeders to give a full answer.

[Fi]

Not a breeder either, but am I right in saying that you can’t licence a colt as a stallion from a Sec B dam? Apart from that, I’d say it’s important to keep the genetic diversity and as the inheritance of white markings seems pretty random anyway.

But as Pam has said, try the FB page for more responses!

[Debbie]

You've probably had your fill of responses on the FB page, but I have a Sec B mare, Blossom my avatar pony, and as the others say, if your mare were to have a colt, you have to automatically geld them even if they are correctly marked. BUT if you have a correctly marked filly, she would be Sec A registry and therefore, if you bred that filly and she had a correctly marked colt, that could be licensed as Sec A stallion it's an effort to hopefully rein in the wild high white markings that lead to high white and eventually piebalds/skewbalds.

So short answer, if you want to breed from your Sec B mare ~ please go for it! Try to find a stallion that compliments her, and realize if it's a colt, it will have to be gelded, but the breed could use the great ambassadors