Cob snob rudeness - how unprofessional!

[wattamus]

When I first moved to my livery yard I had a lot of snotty remarks (behind my back of course) about how she was nothing special etc. etc. and tbh no she wasn't "something special" in the sense that she didn't go out winning all the time and look like the prettiest thing alive or have a nice big "Z" or other assorted brands on her rear end. But to me she was and is wonderful. She was so good for nervous riders, jumped 1m20 with ease and although she was a spooky old nag she was probably one of the safest horses to hack out. Jumped clear round XC without prior schooling (ever) loaded every time stood for hours at a show by herself without fussing. But she wasn't a dead kick along, she was THE most forward going horse on the yard and had such a spring in her, she was, IMO the bestest horsey in the world. having said that I've owned her for 6 years now and vet bills are nearing £7k wouldn't swap her for the world, I love my coobylob

 

[Romax]

Get a stocky warmblood with a decent amount of bone, best of both worlds not got spindly legs, but definitely has the traits (that if I listed and attributed them to being a wb I would get jumped on for ) and talent to go far.
Both Ro's sire and dam sire we pretty big boys and at the right (wrong ) angle he looks very cobby

 

[Auslander]

''oh its JUST a cob why on earth would they want it vetted or insured''


Well to be fair, I actually think they have a point there!

I mean, cobs (most that I know or have known that is) are indistructable and never sick or sorry, it's your TB's and WB's that keep these insurance companies in business!

Tongue n cheek btw, before anyone jumps on me

but I do have a point

Pah - tell that to the only cob I ever owned (accidentally!).

£3500 vets bill for putting her back together after a Vauxhall Calibra got in her way while she was freestyling it back home after leaving her rider embedded in a tree.
4 stable doors during the recuperation process
2 sets of clipper blades each year - trying to make her look like she wasn't a hairy cob thing
Much fencing - she never realised it was there to keep her in, not for her to entertain herself making firewood.
Lots of Camrosa, and other magic potions for greasy itchy cob related stuff

 

[Auslander]

Get a stocky warmblood with a decent amount of bone, best of both worlds
Both Ro's sire and dam sire we pretty big boys and at the right (wrong ) angle he looks very cobby

Very agree!! My kind of horses!! My Ramiro Z boy was possibly part ox, but lovely!

 

[JFTDWS]

Get a stocky warmblood with a decent amount of bone, best of both worlds

and, in all likelihood, half the time, the worst of both worlds too

Much prefer a bouncy forward native or good cob to a dumblood

 

[Auslander]

and, in all likelihood, half the time, the worst of both worlds too

Much prefer a bouncy forward native or good cob to a dumblood

Dumb is good - you can tell them anything and they believe you. That's why they're so good at dressage. They honestly believe that poncing around doing controlled leg waving is cool...
They're also too thick to realise that if they substituted their huge loose athletic paces for cobby shuffling, that they's have far more energy for barging, tanking and stamping...

 

[JFTDWS]

Dumb is good - you can tell them anything and they believe you. That's why they're so good at dressage. They honestly believe that poncing around doing controlled leg waving is cool...
They're also too thick to realise that if they substituted their huge loose athletic paces for cobby shuffling, that they's have far more energy for barging, tanking and stamping...

exactly - and where's the fun in that? I've never understood all this poncy leg waving nothing more fun than a hyper bouncing cob

 

[ClassicG&T]

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.

I had a lesson with him too on my Fell. he was really good and i highly recommend him if you get the chance

 

[Auslander]

exactly - and where's the fun in that? I've never understood all this poncy leg waving nothing more fun than a hyper bouncing cob

Poncy leg waving is ace once you get 30ish and oldish- this hyper bouncy cobbage stuff makes my fillings fall out. Still get hyperness and bouncishness, but at lower speed. Easier on my old bones...

 

[JFTDWS]

Poncy leg waving is ace once you get 30ish and oldish- this hyper bouncy cobbage stuff makes my fillings fall out. Still get hyperness and bouncishness, but at lower speed. Easier on my old bones...

right, that's perfect - my highlands are surprisingly good at poncy leg waving and a lot less bouncy than the cob. By the time I'm 30, the cob will be more or less retired and the highlands will be of ages to do some serious leg waving.

Bonus - it's a lot easier to scramble my aged body (as it will be at 30 ) onto a highland than a warmblood - and a lot less further to fall if they throw their toys out of the pram

 

[Auslander]

right, that's perfect - my highlands are surprisingly good at poncy leg waving and a lot less bouncy than the cob. By the time I'm 30, the cob will be more or less retired and the highlands will be of ages to do some serious leg waving.

Bonus - it's a lot easier to scramble my aged body (as it will be at 30 ) onto a highland than a warmblood - and a lot less further to fall if they throw their toys out of the pram

That is a very good point! Although - when a dumbblood throws its toys out of its pram, you usually have time for a coffee and to put on your climbing harness

 

[JFTDWS]

That is a very good point! Although - when a dumbblood throws its toys out of its pram, you usually have time for a coffee and to put on your climbing harness

pmsl so what we really need to breed are either miniature dumbloods, or dumbloods with built in steps for ease of mounting?

 

[HihoGinger]

and smell faintly of turnips...

I read that as trumps

 

[Holly Hocks]

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

Does he still do lessons? would be very interested.

I think he probably does - I used to keep my horses near where he is based near Carlisle, but then moved them away and with one lame and the other dead I haven't had any lessons since. It was about 18 months ago that I had my lessons.

 

[superted1989]

You could plait all its feathers together - that'd slow the little blighter down!

What a splendid idea!
If I do that then it will be so much easier to stay behind the fieldmaster, particularly after 2.5 hours when he's just getting warmed up! Also, he could just do restricted minimus XC instead of open novice so that the blood horses can be placed a bit higher.
Or, I could trade him in for a horse that needs feeding buckets of food all winter instead of having to go on a diet in December.

Hmmmmmmmmmm, I love it when the professionals sneer at a good cob, it's good to wave at them from the top end of the line when you're getting a red rosette!

 

[Megibo]

*whispers*

on the truth or dare thread, Shils admitted to having a cob.

*legs it*

 

[Hairy Old Cob]

Cobs Rule

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

Having been a gorgeous cob owner myself I have experienced 'cob snobs'.
I say sod it and them, I adore cobs,always have, always will, end of

 

[Holly Hocks]

Having been a gorgeous cob owner myself I have experienced 'cob snobs'.
I say sod it and them, I adore cobs,always have, always will, end of

You tell 'em girl!!
I never even liked coloureds and look what I ended up with!!

 

[ridefast]

I don't think I have ever actually experienced true cob snobs - not to my face anyway. When I was younger I always imagined the one to follow my nf would be an arab or a tb, and I have ended up with 3 cobs, and I love them! Wouldn't swap for anything. Working with tbs makes me appraciate them all the more, the fact that I can lead them in from the field without them seeing monsters in the hedge...

 

[Nannon]

I have a proper Irish cob (proper as in not crossed with any fine boned breeds!), people used to think he was a shire when they saw him in the field, and he used to get everybody looking down at him at all the competitions and BSJA we went too in the warm up ring. Until they were stood next to us in the line up because he had won. Jumps anything you put him at, turns on a sixpence and beat all the tbs etc at jump offs due to pure power. Love him to bits, feathers, dinnerplate feet and all

 

[Auslander]

pmsl so what we really need to breed are either miniature dumbloods, or dumbloods with built in steps for ease of mounting?

That reminds me - another beautiful thing about dumbbloods. Even when they've only been backed a week, they're so thick that when their owner tried to mount from a plastic chair, and falls through said chair, which then traps one leg, whilst the other is still in the stirrup - a long way up, all they do is look a bit confused!
Don't ask how I know this!!

 

[Auslander]

What a splendid idea!
If I do that then it will be so much easier to stay behind the fieldmaster, particularly after 2.5 hours when he's just getting warmed up! Also, he could just do restricted minimus XC instead of open novice so that the blood horses can be placed a bit higher.
Or, I could trade him in for a horse that needs feeding buckets of food all winter instead of having to go on a diet in December.

Hmmmmmmmmmm, I love it when the professionals sneer at a good cob, it's good to wave at them from the top end of the line when you're getting a red rosette!

Just checking - you are aware that I'm not seriously having a pop at cobs?

 

[JFTDWS]

That reminds me - another beautiful thing about dumbbloods. Even when they've only been backed a week, they're so thick that when their owner tried to mount from a plastic chair, and falls through said chair, which then traps one leg, whilst the other is still in the stirrup - a long way up, all they do is look a bit confused!
Don't ask how I know this!!

lmao xD good story. As I say, breeding them with inbuilt staircases will eliminate the risk of such embarassing and unsightly events

 

[Auslander]

lmao xD good story. As I say, breeding them with inbuilt staircases will eliminate the risk of such embarassing and unsightly events

It was highly amusing - for those who weren't firmly attached to both a chair, and 17.3 of just backed horse! In fact, they were laughing so hard that not one person was able to come and help me! I seriously thought I was going to do myself a mischief - thank god for stirrups that come off the bars easily!

I'm going to start breeding them with built in rope ladders...

 

[rhino]

It was highly amusing - for those who weren't firmly attached to both a chair, and 17.3 of just backed horse! In fact, they were laughing so hard that not one person was able to come and help me! I seriously thought I was going to do myself a mischief - thank god for stirrups that come off the bars easily!

I'm going to start breeding them with built in rope ladders...

Just breed ickle ones; my wb is only 15.3hh on tippy toes

 

[Auslander]

Just breed ickle ones; my wb is only 15.3hh on tippy toes

But I look like a monkey on a fag packet on littl'uns! I like to sling my leg over a good big chap!

 

[rhino]

Ah, I forget other people are gifted in the height department!

Mine is more than big enough for me!

 

[Auslander]

He's lovely - reminds me of a horse that we all used to fight over at Talland.
I possess both height and breadth - it's not much of a blessing!

 

[Capriole]

How tall are you Rhino?

My horse is only nearly 16.1, and someone stood next to him said, 'oh! hes only little isnt he, you make him look massive when youre riding him! '