Cob snob rudeness - how unprofessional!

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. :D having said that I've owned her for 6 years now and vet bills are nearing £7k :p wouldn't swap her for the world, I love my coobylob :)
 
Get a stocky warmblood with a decent amount of bone, best of both worlds :D 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 :cool::rolleyes:) and talent to go far.
Both Ro's sire and dam sire we pretty big boys and at the right (wrong :p) angle he looks very cobby
 
Kenzo said:
''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 :D
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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
 
JustFindingTheDecorations said:
and, in all likelihood, half the time, the worst of both worlds too :D

Much prefer a bouncy forward native or good cob to a dumblood :p:D
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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...
 
Auslander said:
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...
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exactly - and where's the fun in that? I've never understood all this poncy leg waving :rolleyes: nothing more fun than a hyper bouncing cob :D
 
JustFindingTheDecorations said:
exactly - and where's the fun in that? I've never understood all this poncy leg waving :rolleyes: nothing more fun than a hyper bouncing cob :D
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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...
 
Auslander said:
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...
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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 :p) onto a highland than a warmblood - and a lot less further to fall if they throw their toys out of the pram :D
 
JustFindingTheDecorations said:
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 :p) onto a highland than a warmblood - and a lot less further to fall if they throw their toys out of the pram :D
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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
 
Auslander said:
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
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pmsl :D so what we really need to breed are either miniature dumbloods, or dumbloods with built in steps for ease of mounting?

:cool:
 
lucky7 said:
Oh yes, i've got that book, love it!!

Does he still do lessons? would be very interested.
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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.
 
Auslander said:
You could plait all its feathers together - that'd slow the little blighter down!
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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!
 
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...
 
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 :D
 
JustFindingTheDecorations said:
pmsl :D so what we really need to breed are either miniature dumbloods, or dumbloods with built in steps for ease of mounting?

:cool:
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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!!
 
superted1989 said:
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!
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Just checking - you are aware that I'm not seriously having a pop at cobs?
 
Auslander said:
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!!
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lmao xD good story. As I say, breeding them with inbuilt staircases will eliminate the risk of such embarassing and unsightly events :p
 
JustFindingTheDecorations said:
lmao xD good story. As I say, breeding them with inbuilt staircases will eliminate the risk of such embarassing and unsightly events :p
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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...
 
Auslander said:
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...
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Just breed ickle ones; my wb is only 15.3hh on tippy toes :D
 
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! '

:D:D
 
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