I also HATE the you have to compete/show or you are just no good and the horse/pony is wasted attitude. (rant over & I feel better now) x[/QUOTE said:I agree with this statement. It does give one a certain amount of pressure to try and come back with a rosette or two. But horses aren't wasted if they don't compete, and whilst I feel competing is not for everyone I cant help but feel slightly sorry for the riders that clearly do want to compete and feel that they couldn't attain something that is within their reach if only they made the effort and had the confidence to go out there and have a go.
However, most people go to competitions without wanting to attain great heights. I just love going out to comps, getting away from the yard with my boy for four or five hours on my own is total heaven
As for horse snobbery its silly. But I do hate overweight cobs and any type of horse for that matter, which is a totally stupid thing to say as my horse is a chunky monkey at the moment as he is out of work.
I've experienced this sort of snobbery first hand!
Our first outing last year was a combined training event.
Coblet did an ok test and went clear SJ.
As I was watching the final few riders jump the ladies in front of me were talking about the lack of clear rounds but did mention that one clear they had seem from the wee cob who looked like he wouldn't be able to even lift his feet of the ground let alone go clear.
Me not being particularly shy pulled them up on it and told them it was my horse they were talking about - there was a pretty instantaneous backtrack from them as they told me how cute he was and how one of them didn't ride anyway so shouldn't be commenting.
Incidently we won the class
. Felt like accidentally hitting her with my stick!
Why do people want to own cobs?
I will never understand it.
They are fat, lazy, hairier than Bigfoot, and usually bad tempered.
Their paces are so stilted, that they look as though they've had their legs tied together, which gives the rider a nasty jolty ride.
I suppose I can understand riding schools having them, for the scaredy novices, but once you can rise to the trot, surely you'd buy a decent blood horse, or at least a Warmblood?
Your thoughts?
S
Mites.
Don't forget the mites.
S
I've just been tanked round the xc tracks and over most of the jumps by my hairy old cob.
Shils, if I can hardly control my cob, how the heck would I manage with a blood horse? I can't afford all those lessons, so I'll have to stick to my boring old cob
I've just been tanked round the xc tracks and over most of the jumps by my hairy old cob.
Shils, if I can hardly control my cob, how the heck would I manage with a blood horse? I can't afford all those lessons, so I'll have to stick to my boring old cob
. I own a cob x Tb who does Higher level dressage and I would possibly skin anybody who made a remark about his breeding while I was in earshot (I'm sure they do since most people we compete against are on imported 18hh WBs and I'm on a fluffy 14hh palomino thing - whom I love very much). He has an AMAZING trot and has jumped Childrens A Grade and been a top Childrens A Grade jumper, he does open showing and is national in the Show Hack classes - he also knows how to give kisses 
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(I hardly have any photos taken of him that weren't taken by a pro, so I hardly have any photos to post):
You keep plugging away, and you'll get there JFTD!
Up, down, up, down - well done. Hold onto the pommel now! Up, down, up, down, up, down - oh, you've nearly got it!
S
)I'd need to be able to keep him in trot to learn how to rise
(I'll let you decide which gait he prefers to end up in
Is 'halt' a gait?
S
not a bad idea
But I'd either have to wash his feathers or get really muddy
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