Any TGCA members?

[SEL]

The microcob is on a copy Petplan passport and one of the other competitors at an in hand show a few weeks back told me I should consider getting her registered with TGCA (she's bay so not CHAPS)

No recorded breeding although I'll have another go at the place with the first stamp in her passport (cob breeders). No idea if she was bred there or just brought in to the brood mare herd. Her birthday is a generic 1 Jan 2012

Is it worth it? She's a nice stamp for local showing but most of the top end classes are for coloureds and having had a nosey at winners she's not at that level.

I can't see much local (Ox) TGCA classes although their big away show would be manageable.

 

[rara007]

Most of their classes are open to unregistered (maybe not at the stay away, but the ones at agricultural show level). Maybe see how you get on? Then register if you need to for any qualifications you get. Assuming you’re not planning on breeding.
I looked into it years ago but got frustrated, then again when I got my current one and came to the same conclusion..!

 

[SEL]

Most of their classes are open to unregistered (maybe not at the stay away, but the ones at agricultural show level). Maybe see how you get on? Then register if you need to for any qualifications you get. Assuming you’re not planning on breeding.
I looked into it years ago but got frustrated, then again when I got my current one and came to the same conclusion..!

Thanks. No further breeding - the owners before me had a BOGOF from her

Pony seems to love showing. I'm not convinced about all the grooming!

 

[SpotsandBays]

Thanks. No further breeding - the owners before me had a BOGOF from her

Pony seems to love showing. I'm not convinced about all the grooming!

I’ll be your groom!
I’m sure I’ve seen somewhere local doing TGCA classes. I’ll have a dig

 

[U.N.Owen]

If you send them pictures then they advise whether can be registered as "full cob" or "part bred cob". Can then do the BD associated champs too.

 

[SEL]

If you send them pictures then they advise whether can be registered as "full cob" or "part bred cob". Can then do the BD associated champs too.

No dressage for this one!

I’ll be your groom!
I’m sure I’ve seen somewhere local doing TGCA classes. I’ll have a dig

Thank you - you can tackle her tail next time it's full of knots and half a hedge!!

 

[Btomkins]

I recently passported my mini cob gelding with them, he has unrecorded breeding but I do know both dam and sire and they are of correct type. (He’s three so yes should’ve been passported already, long story…)

They were quite adamant he should be passported under the part-bred section as he is quite light in type and not got a huge amount of feather (he’s only three so plenty of time to fill out and get hairier).

They said he would do much better in part bred classes and wouldn’t stand a chance against the proper heavy and hairy types. I also got the impression his colour put them off registering full bred as well, I had a slightly lively debate about colour genetics with a lady at the passport office

You will probably need to send pics to their passport in office for an assessment of whether she meets their criteria.

I’d love for you to post a pic of her.

 

[SEL]

Its going to post huge again - can't seem to stop that. We might never win a sash again so any excuse to post this photo!!

Anyway, she definitely has the feather but she is a bit light to take on the stamp of cob that wins at higher levels, so part bred might be more suitable. I did DNA test her after getting spammed on FB and it came back cob x fell too.

I want to overstamp my other one at some point and his parents are both 'proper cobs' with his dad being quite a well known sire because he throws palominos, creams etc. He's not particularly heavy weight though which is interesting given the feedback you got given. I wonder why his colour wasn't liked because one of the TOYS ones I saw had a real blagdon coat with what looked like splash genes.

 

[Btomkins]

She’s lovely No idea why she was funny about his colour, it may have just been me reading into it too much!

 

[SEL]

She’s lovely No idea why she was funny about his colour, it may have just been me reading into it too much!

Its odd because yours is very showy - seems to have enough feather from where I'm sitting - and I thought with cobs it was all about the movement anyway. Getting the knees up and powering along with the trot!!

Even though mine is only 13h I have to sprint to show off her best trot and that's when the judge tends to focus on her. It was hot the day she won that championship and I was absolutely dripping in tweed but the organiser said to be afterwards that I did a cracking job of showing her off which I was pleased by (also relieved as I could barely walk the next day)

Anyway, she enjoys it and she's easy to take out so I will see what else is around and if she does as well at bigger shows. My other one is probably the better quality show cob but he thinks trot ups are a chance to show his airs above ground and hasn't got the message that cobs are supposed to be 'workman-like'

 

[Ossy2]

We have one on a pet plan passport and we just sent pictures to the TGCA who evaluated him as a full bred TGCA, we then sent the passport to them and they over stamped it as a TGCA. We did it so we could do the BD associated champs. We are no longer members as such but retain the overstamp on the passport for dresssge competing.

 

[DressageCob]

I've had my passport overstamped. Although he is visually obviously a cob because he didn't have recorded breeding he was registered as a part bred by them. I don't do any showing these days but I do the Associated Championships with BD, in the TGCA part bred section.

 

[rara007]

They’re funny about declaring something full bred. And if you hog it it becomes a partbred (as a new registration) even if you have hairy pictures (in gypsy caravan at Appleby!). That was the first one I tried to stamp. Mine has known traditional cob breeding, but not recorded, as is typical of many gypsy bred cobs, and they still said he was partbred.

 

[Ossy2]

Ours has no recorded breeding, but is over stamped as a full bred.

 

[Btomkins]

They’re funny about declaring something full bred. And if you hog it it becomes a partbred (as a new registration) even if you have hairy pictures (in gypsy caravan at Appleby!). That was the first one I tried to stamp. Mine has known traditional cob breeding, but not recorded, as is typical of many gypsy bred cobs, and they still said he was partbred.

Well now at least I know it’s not just me they were a bit funny with