Wait. Actually...I think I know my problem. He has socks but his feathers arent all white and I only drew the hair on the white part not the whole area where feathers are supposed to be. That was dumb
So I was using a public brood of a previous season's match, and when I chose the stud's straw, the rating shown in the straw drop down showed (Sub/E/S), but still shows the stud's correct rating above in the preview as (E/E/S). So I opened the Straw drop down menu and sure enough, all the dressage ratings for my straws were bumped down or missing.