Burtie rides coloured cob pony shocker!!

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Ok, so anyone who knows me knows they would not be my first choice of mount.
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Anyway I have just started schooling a lovely example who is in fact cob x arab and is very buzzy and sensitive, in fact if it wasn't for the black and white stripped mane and the rather wide shoulders I'd think I was riding an arab!

He is reat fun, but a very sensitive soul and one of lifes worriers so we will need to take things slowly with him, but I think he will make a cracking Dressage pony once he settles.
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oh poor cobs! I have been a cob owner for the last 4 years, and they are nothing to be adverse about, aside from the on the forehand related problems we have lol.
Mine is a connemara X so he's not a complete retard, and an arab cross would, I should think be really nice like you've said
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They aren't as quick as your average t/b or warmblood but they are really cuddly and quirky - have fun with your new ride!
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Millymollymoo are you suggesting cobs are all retards
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I have 2 cobs and both are lovely. One has severe sweet itch and is not ridden anymore but when he was his paces were floaty he was fab and shock, horror he's a coloured. My other is equally as lovely if not quite as floaty. She'll go anywhere with anyone and im not worried. I see alot of other horse owners who a terrified of there mounts.

So dont knock cobs they're worth their weight in gold.

and before e.one starts ranting at me, its each to their own and we sould all enjoy our horses and stop being disrespectful to other types.
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lol no! But they aren't sharp, when we first got our boy he used to wack his head on the stable doors daily, he's only recently grown out of that and he's 8! I have ridden a really heavy mare who is a real sweety but not sensitive or quick to catch on and they can be quite difficult to get good results on if they have that nature, if you know what I mean
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But in the fact that you can put babies on them and walk them round, cuddle them, not be scared of them even when they pi$$ about - they are really lovely horses.
 
It's the ones like mine that are the problem - looks like a big fat bloater cob, but actually half TB and has the ability to be completely stupid for completely no reason. Also terrified of yellow flowers. Obviously, he will grow out of it, he's only 15 and I've only had him 10 years!!
 
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Allow me to introduce you to Chancer - he is every bit as sharp and quick to train as all the TBs, arabs and warmblood I have met to date, but also completely sane and easy to do.

My instructor says he is one of the best youngsters he has helped bring on.

A well bred and schooled gypsy horse is a pleasure to ride and can turn their hoof to anything - a true master of being a jack of all trades. They are bred to be quick learners and at the same time have amazing steady temperaments.
 
Over here in the US the colored cobs or Gypsy horses as they call them bring enormous prices, way more than most TB's or Wb's. I've seen them advertised for upwards of $20,000. The hairier they are, the more money they bring.
 
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