Cob snob rudeness - how unprofessional!

[lucky7]

After hearing a conversation the other day i realize there are alot of cob snobs about some dressage people (ie trainer & people who sell them on) where having a conversation about the horses they sell (horses which compete at psg level and the like - top class warmbloods) which swiftly changed to cobs being worthless the conversation went along the lines of *oh its JUST a cob why on earth would they want it vetted or insured?? etc etc etc can't do much with them ya da ya da...... and generally laughing and looking down on cobs.... it was the laughing and the redicule that annoyed me the most, everyone has there own opinions but crikey shouting your mouth off about cobs when you meant to be a professional business is just unprofessional IMO.
I have 2 cobs, a fantastic cob who is as safe as houses but still has the look at me attitude and showing promise for dressage - okay not psg or alike but at least novice i hope. Whats worse is that the people who i heard are good trainers and i was considering lessons next spring with my cob but since they where ridiculing them i would rather take my businesss elsewhere.........it wasnt even a discreet conversation it was talked about in front of everyone!!
how un-professional

 

[Holly Hocks]

Maybe they need to read "Cobs Can" by Omar Rabia....such a lovely man. I had a couple of lessons on him on my TB. I really enjoyed them.

 

[darkhorse123]

do you love your cob?
im guessing you do so stop worrying and thank god your not so ignorant

 

[Capriole]

i was pretty sneered on when I first went to a local dressage yard for lessons with my cob x, until the trainer was on board and was playing about with his pirouettes and tempi changes, then they all deigned to speak to me

fairs fair though, i wouldnt have had any of their crackpot horses with bows on

 

[Moobucket]

Ha! I spoke to a lady like that before buying my horse. She tried to convince me to loan a tb, something totally beyond my riding ability. I told her I wanted something for fun and hacking but she couldn't imagine why. She also told me the hacking in my area was rubbish.

Since getting my boy I've had a fantastic time. I've discovered miles of off road hacking which is spectacular and he's totally bombproof and reliable. It turns out that her horses are too unpredictable to take advantage of it. She also moans about the constant ill health of her horses, the fact there's no safe hacking (i.e. bowling green flat surface to ride off road) and that they loose condition through winter.

Last week she actually said the words that were music to my ears... I wish I'd got a cob!

 

[Kat]

You should have gone up to them and told them they had just lost themselves some valuable business with their attitude.

I've come across an instructor like this and would never have a lesson with her again even though I have a warmblood!

 

[dafthoss]

There was one with fluffy legs and mane wrestled in to a running plait out competing medium BD when I went with a friend the other day, he got very good scores if I remember as well. That said I'm not generally cobs biggest fan but there are some out there that I love but it all depends on the individual.

 

[Shantara]

Extremely unprofessional!
My instructor has a few jabs at TB's and calls them "Bloody stick legged animals" sometimes, but she's clearly joking (as she has 2 of her own and used to point to point!)

I hate (for the lack of a better word) horse racism. Yes, a cob would be rubbish at the Grand National, but it could excel at other things.

You do the best you can with your cobbie and show them what they can do!

(P.s I've seen a 21yr old cob-type FLY over large XC jumps, they are great!)
Here's the old boy.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j308/gothic180/IMG_1217.jpg

 

[lucky7]

Maybe they need to read "Cobs Can" by Omar Rabia....such a lovely man. I had a couple of lessons on him on my TB. I really enjoyed them.

Oh yes, i've got that book, love it!!

Does he still do lessons? would be very interested.

 

[Kat]

Moobucket careful you don't become a reverse cob skin! We had that when we bought our horse, we were told we "didn't want a scatty tb, we wanted a nice fun cob that we could hack to the pub" well thanks for that advice, but our lovely wb (not tb! Shows how much they knew!) Is one of the best hacks on the yard and will happily hack alone or in company and get the middle aged sensible horses out of trouble when they go into melt down over a llama.......

 

[albeg]

People like that get on my nerves *grrr*
I'd nearly be tempted to go to them for lessons, just to show them what cobs can do. I'm not a cob owner myself, but some of the best horses I've ever ridden have been cobs. The RS where I learned to ride has a fantastic small cob, breeding unknown, I've done dressage, xc and showjumping on him, and even though he must be getting on in years now, last time I was there he was still flying around.
Unfortunately there are people who think if you're not competing at the same level as them, on a horse with so called posh breeding, that you aren't as good as them.

Try not to let them annoy you too much...I wonder would they be able to get the best out of your cobs?

 

[Kat]

PS the only time I've ridden a piaffe was on a cob. And the best flying changes, and pirouettes.........

 

[rockysmum]

Just do what I do, discuss the cost of vets bills

Horse 1 35 year old cob, cost of vets bills (apart from routine) in the last 30 years £140

Horse 2 21 year old cob, cost of vets bills (apart from routine) in the last 11 years £0

Horse 3 8 year old warmblood, cost of vets bill in the last 5 years (apart from routine) £4,000 at least

Then walk away laughing



Touching wood as I write this

 

[Megibo]

I hate (for the lack of a better word) horse racism. Yes, a cob would be rubbish at the Grand National, but it could excel at other things.

unless they were aaalll cobs. now that i'd love to see!

OP don't let it bother you, I have a welsh cob though i do like the coloureds and think they're ace. would rather have mine over a tb or warmblood anyday.
don't get me wrong, i ride them at work, but as my own personal horse i like a good solid cob!
my 18 month old foalie, well he's welsh d cross 3/4 tb, and i think he'll be a lightweight cob though i'm really not sure of his type.

 

[Teeni]

I like to see them get on and ride my welsh D at the moment lol
Infact riding the ex-racer TB on our yard at the moment would be a walk in the park and he isn't easy!

 

[BollyK01]

I used to have a big flashy warmblood - spend half my life having white-knuckle rides and the other half dreading riding her. Now I have a little welshie X vanner who will turn her hoof to everything from X country to side-saddle, doesn't eat a bag of feed a week, and I can hop on from the ground if I have an unplanned dismount rather than walking two miles to find a gate I can climb up on to get back on.

Cobs rock!!

 

[Shantara]

unless they were aaalll cobs. now that i'd love to see

Hah same! I'd love to do some racing with other breeds. I think they should do an 'open day' like they do at motorbike and racing car tracks for us 'normal' lot

 

[Capriole]

my cob x was ace, i loved him to bits. Wouldnt have another cob though, but I dont like people saying theyre rubbish

 

[Capriole]

Hah same! I'd love to do some racing with other breeds. I think they should do an 'open day' like they do at motorbike and racing car tracks for us 'normal' lot

woah...that sounds fab

 

[Feathered]

Please please, I wanna enter the cob grand national!!

 

[Teeni]

Anyone with balls of steel can take my mare to the cob grand national

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

I don't want to do the cob Grand National as I don't jump, but can I do the cob Derby instead - he'd love it! Our best gallops were always on the firebreaks bordering Exeter Racecourse - would have loved to have been galloping there when they were actually racing (strictly not allowed when I did it, we used to break in through gaps in the hedges etc!).

 

[applecart14]

There is a chap at our yard who reckons everyone looks down on his cob and says "its only a cob" and I agree that sometimes people are inclined to think this, but i love horses of all types. Although I obviously have my favourite 'type' like everyone (mine being a WB or WB/TB type). I wouldn't mind going for a shire x WB next time (apart from increased risk of wobblers from a shire), I wouldn't have a problem with something a bit more 'weighty' with more bone and I guess I would consider a cob too. I think some cobs are very nice, but must admit having a slight aversion to the black and white over fat, huge cresty type with a channel running down their back! But I do like a nice looking gypsy vanner.

 

[Megibo]

LETS PUT A MOVEMENT FORWARD FOR A COB GRAND NATIONAL!!!!


with smaller fences. much smaller.

 

[Mithras]

IMHO if people are stupid enough to pay a small fortune for weedy, over-produced Continental reject warmbloods which invariably never amount to anything much in competition never mind being able to hack out successfully, then they are probably stupid enough to be unaware of the record of cobs crosses (and other types of horses) in dressage and in showjumping in recent years.

 

[JFTDWS]

I'm up for a cob grand national. When my little devil's fit, he'll beat anyone if the course is long enough straight line speed, fail, but stamina he has buckets of...

 

[**Vanner**]

LETS PUT A MOVEMENT FORWARD FOR A COB GRAND NATIONAL!!!!


with smaller fences. much smaller.

That would be amazing!!!!

My yard is 50% chunkies so no 'racism' there.

 

[debsg]

I have to confess, in my younger days, when I was working with showjumpers, I was a bit of a cob snob
Six years ago I got a cob who can! She's the best little horse I ever had! I've had people sneer in the collecting ring.............til they see her jump! She jumps big and round and she rarely has a pole, never stops and is brill x country.
When my mate, with her superfit endurance Arab, took off across a field, she was gobsmacked to get to the other side and find my little chunk right up her bum!
I also have a TB and she's an ace little hack and lives out 24/7/365, barefoot and would be rugless if she had her way!

 

[ISHmad]

I feel sorry for anyone who is so blinkered. Doesn't matter what the breed is, I love them all. Someone so small minded isn't someone I would want around me or my horses quite honestly.

 

[Janette]

I feel sorry for anyone who is so blinkered. Doesn't matter what the breed is, I love them all. Someone so small minded isn't someone I would want around me or my horses quite honestly.

Totally agree.

Obviously, the speaker has very limited experience with cobs, and their multi-faceted talents