[princesspiggy]

we were in snowdonia this week, i couldnt resist taking these snaps. any idea what breed? 

[SallyintNorth]

We're not sure.  BH says the horns are like Welsh Black, but the Welsh Black is a much more beefy animal than these.  Could they be a cross - Welsh Black bull on a dairy cow?

I wondered Dexter?

[shep53]

Look like welsh black heifers in their summer coats

[SallyintNorth]

Just seen a plate of a Kerry cow in a 1924 agriculture book and it looks just like these but with a smooth coat.

My money is still on Dexters - no-one out there got some and can tell us?

[VSS]

In snowdonia and on that sort of land you can be pretty safe by betting on welsh black with horns.

[chickenfeed]

they dont look like my dexters i would guess at welsh black too 

[princesspiggy]

they were a bit bigger than my shetlands, quite a thick curlyish coat. nice though. 

[Dougal]

doubt that it'll be a welsh black, thier a polled beed are they not? Sure it's not a cross bred, a dairy/lim that wasn't dehorned?

[VSS]

Welsh Blacks are not generally polled, although polled individuals do crop up from time to time.

[Hannes]

Could also be a Galloway cross... we also have that sometimes that our galloway bulls serve the dairy girls...various results...

[monkeysox]

My money is on Welsh Blacks 

[Hopewell]

I also think they are Welsh Black. The breed standard does describe them as having horns.

[danndans]

They dont look like my Dexter's either, but the back end looks to heavey for a welsh black, I'd go for a WB cross 

[belgianblue]

not thought of Aberdeen Angus,

Dexter's are short legs round guts and bolsie look about them

[SallyintNorth]

They're definitely not Aberdeen Angus.  AA's are polled, for one thing, and a much better shape than these girls, for another.

To us, Welsh Blacks are more beefy than these ladies, hence we suggested WB out of dairy cows.

There are long-legged and short-legged Dexters.  I just saw a Dexter heifer in the ring at Lanark, but she had horns like a Shetland (at least, like Rosemary's Shetlands, I've never seen any others) not upturned like these ladies.