Can anyone identify this cob from the GYS?

[Dexter]

the small hunter is very fat as well though

and the M&M WHP

And those were just the first two that came up

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

The Hunter Champion looked an absolute picture though. Viewpoint is some horse!

 

[Dexter]

Looks pretty fat to me

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Angles are deceptive when photographing horses. Cantering on a bend with that hind under always makes them look fatter.

 

[fetlock]

It doesn't help the image that these are great hulking beasts with a lot of bone, big deep broad ribs, chests you could drive a bus through and backsides that could stop a tank. And that's before you add the lard on top. They aren't built to be dainty sporthorses to dance in pretty patterns or nimbly hop over big jumps which I do think people forget.

Don't get me wrong, they are usually the fattest of the bunch but there is a lot of basic body structure under the skin.

And should be able to carry any member of the family out on a full day's hunting.
Min 8.5 inches and max 9.5 inches of bone for a lightweight and minimum 9.5 inches of bone for a heavyweight, both no taller than 15.1. The only difference for a maxi is height with the ideal just a couple of inches taller.

 

[fetlock]

"Sport", a 1960s cob of the year

 

[fetlock]

Another show cob of old

 

[fetlock]

Last one, and my particular favourite. Alexander (heavyweight)

Strip the lard off and none of those hold a candle to these cobs.

 

[Tiddlypom]

^^^^^ Now that's a proper cob.

The new fashion of covering motley creatures up under lumps of lard to successfully fool the judges is simply ghastly. There has been much hand wringing over the years, and promises of reform, and talk of welfare, and yet the lumps of lard keep on fooling the judges and getting the win ?.

They should instead be sent out of the ring. But they are not.

 

[Merry neddy man]

That's another few grand on Fred's price - he's just won Maxi Cob of the Year at HOYS.

(Fred is actually Nigel at home)

I think most of us knew this was going to happen.

 

[shortstuff99]

How many of those maxi cobs are actually Irish Drafts?

I have a maxi cob and he looks emaciated next to these ?

 

[meleeka]

I thought the maxi’s weren’t quite as fat this year as they’ve been previously, or perhaps that’s just wishful thinking

 

[Rowreach]

https://www.facebook.com/Kandkcobs

Interesting to see what they looked like as youngsters (and the breeding).

 

[Goldenstar]

Too many are ID’s they are not cobs .
That grey above would make a great hunter if you took two years to get him down to size .

 

[Rowreach]

A cob is a type, not a breed (unless it's a Welsh cob) so being part ID is perfectly fine, or even an older type ID, short legged and short coupled. The trouble with "maxi cobs" is that they are not cobs, they are horses that are over 15.1 and may or may not be of the type, and are frequently just an overtopped horse of a different type (usually a hunter).

I think it's interesting looking at these horses as 3 and 4 year olds because they look like lovely horses that have been produced, in many cases, to be overweight blobs for the show ring, a few years on.

 

[Goldenstar]

I just disapprove of that hideous lifestyle being imposed on favourite naughty friends

 

[SEL]

https://www.facebook.com/Kandkcobs

Interesting to see what they looked like as youngsters (and the breeding).

Slim & healthy as youngsters - nice

 

[ycbm]

Angles are deceptive when photographing horses. Cantering on a bend with that hind under always makes them look fatter.

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Looks like fat pads everywhere to me, especially the tail head.
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[fetlock]

I thought View Point looked fine. Watched the live feed for the supreme last night (which he won) and didn’t think he was fat. More well covered than hunters of old though, yes.
What a sublime horse he is though.

 

[Hormonal Filly]

The winner, and 2nd-4th in the other pic.

The chestnut may look the slimmest of the fatties in this pic but that's just in this pic)

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I thought a lot looked better weight wise this year. Mind - The crests of both on the second picture!! It amazes me these horses don’t get laminitis? I can’t imagine what they’re fed.. a lot I bet.

 

[holeymoley]

I watched a bit of it. All I could see was crests everywhere! It really is quite shocking.

 

[AdorableAlice]

I thought View Point looked fine. Watched the live feed for the supreme last night (which he won) and didn’t think he was fat. More well covered than hunters of old though, yes.
What a sublime horse he is though.

He will be a masters horse this season and what a ride he will give.

 

[meleeka]

I can’t imagine what they’re fed.. a lot I bet.

Not necessarily. My friend has a mini traditional cob. He lives on a similar amount to my ponies of the same size (12hh). He is however stabled a lot of the time, with a small holed haynet. His paddock has loads of grass when he does get to go out, but he’s the fattest pony I’ve ever seen! I think it’s a combination of lack of exercise and good hay.

 

[only_me]

Winner of the maxi cob is actually an ID - a very well bred one too from one of the best studs in Ireland.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Winner of the maxi cob is actually an ID - a very well bred one too from one of the best studs in Ireland.

Not that you can tell what the heck the breeding is under all the lard that the show producers have deemed it desirable to pack on him to get the win.

He was a fabulous looking youngster before the showing fraternity got their hands on him. Let's hope that his health is not irrevocably ruined and that someone who actually knows how to correctly care for a horse takes him on and slims him down to healthy proportions.

How much blubber to shift? 150kg+ I should think.

 

[SEL]

Winner of the maxi cob is actually an ID - a very well bred one too from one of the best studs in Ireland.

I was wondering about that - looks more like a Percheron!

Not showing my field of cobs these photos. They're already a bit too "show ready" for my liking and they'd be demanding bigger portions