Calling all cob lovers

I always have to chuckle to myself when someone informs a nervous rider that they need a nice sane cob......I am yet to meet a sane one, but the ones that I have had the pleasure of knowing have all been superstars in their own right.

My 26 year old Irish cob is now sadly retired, but he has been the most amazing horse I could ever have wished for. He has caused me alot of heart in my mouth moments on hacks, but at the sametime looked after me, and even though it was usually him that put us into sticky situations, he always got us both out the other side in one piece. He turned a hoof to anything - dressage, jumping and showing with a fair amount of success, and he also happens to be very handsome. He's the best, and I will be very lucky if I ever find another one like him.

Cobs definitely rule!!
 
Never owned a proper cob - unless my bizarre coloured Cobx*something* mare counts - but have ridden a fair few. Can't say I've ever ridden one I particularly enjoyed, however I do think that they're rather nice to look at :p That is when they have all their hair left on though, I think they look a bit strange without :o (Can anyone imagine a friesian without all that hair?! To me, a bald cob is pretty much the same.)
I've always found them rather too much width-ways for me, regardless of being the right weight, and simply too much horse for me too feel right on. I put that down to me being 5'4 & very skinny, cobs just don't feel right for me! However, they obviously do suit plenty of people, and I think they also look lovely as driving ponies :D
Will be sticking to TBx's though I think.....
 
Can we say politely why we don't like cobs?! I'd never have one because....
they are often strong, bargy, bolshy, generally too small (I'm 5'8") too fat, too wide and generally pretty ugly :D:D But I love TB's so maybe I'm a little biased. Cob snob? Oh yes!! ;):p
 
Hi Cavalo,

yes of course you can! I also own a TB and as much as I have nothing against cobs, they wouldn't be my first choice of horse - so I appreciate your honesty. I actually wanted people to respond to each other so that I would have some anti-cob comments to balance it out, but so far, I haven't had any that are usable.

Sol,

when you say that you haven't had an 'enjoyable ride' on a cob; is that because you find them to big to get your leg around, or because they are harder to hold together, or did you just not feel comfortable?
 
In my eyes cobs are the way forward a real horse. not like these skinny shivery looking horses wearing about an extra three layers in the winter loads of hard feed just to keep a bit weight on.
A good cob has plenty of mane & tail and good bone.The majority of them are very good doers and normally have good feet on them and can go barefoot.They are normally a good allrounder however like everything some excell at some jobs better than others.
how many thoroughbreds do you see pull a cart one day then out jumping the next i rest my case. sorry all tb owners but i'm afraid i'm a cob person through and through once you've owned one you wouldnt want anything else : )
 
Cob-aholic here. Absolutely adore my boy, he's so quirky, honest and so good to everything with. As a rider he's taken me to elementary level dressage and as an owner he has taken RDA riders to national level. Such a special man not only to me but to others.

Cobs in general just can't be beaten as a honest, fun loving partner. I utterly love seeing novices think 'oh i'll go for a sane cob', *hehe* yet to mean a truely sane proper cob. My boy carries novices but he is still not to be underestimated hehe.
 
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They are big and round safe and true, never let you down always happy to see you. Dependable, loving and will work all day and never complain, in a word they are just fantastic creatures to be around.
 
I love my cob and wouldn't have anything else. I didn't know I'd got a cob when I got her, but that's what she's turned into :)

She is great fun and very cheeky without ever doing anything bad. She is safe but forward but never strong. If she does shy there is so much of her there is still something underneath me. She is very inteligent but doesn't use it against me. She can turn her hoof to anything too. From being in a racing sulky before I got her, to showing at HOYS, to now qualifying for the BHS Trec GB Champs in August. She also does dressage, workers and XC. All those horses rolled into one little cob - Brilliant :)

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Own a TB, ride hunters but we have two awesome little coblets too :) Granted, both od them are chalk and cheese as you'll see!!

Dukey is just a walking partypants, started showing but does a bit of everything and is the nicest mannered fun horse to take hunting ever.
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And here's Hairycob, who is just utterly fabulous in everyway for everything.
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And both together down at our local pub!
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It's nice being able to have one that I can just hop on bareback and go out hacking on, gallop bareback, etc and who will still behave like a complete gent....I'm sure if I went and did that on one of the hunters it'd be a different story :p
 
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