[blackbelly] Blackbelly standards

[johnccarlton]

I've been reading with interest (and occasionally commenting on) the horned vs. polled debate. I thought I saw where one person implied that the strong roman nose on ewes was perhaps indicative of a "lot of African blood" (?meaning closely related to the original population?). I have 2 ewes with exceptional roman noses (put most rams to shame) but both are scurred (indicating to me the influence of x-breeding). They could easily be mistaken for the poster Barbado ewe on the okstate website. I also have a couple of ewes with more slender muzzles that look like the ladies pictured for ears and eyes on the BBSAI breed standards page. All are registered. SO, which ones would be called Barbados Blackbelly and which ones Barbado (or American Blackbelly). Ditto for the amount of black on the face, white tipped tail, horns, etc. My point is that breed standards should be able to readily discriminate "pure bred or registerable" from crosses (both rams and ewes) by sight, if they can't are there truly 2 separate breeds?