cob x warmblood - does anyone have one? opinions please:-)

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Im putting my mare to foal with a warmblood but was wondering what the cross is like (temperament, way of going, boldness, height etc) before I do.
 
Mine is a cob/arab x warmblood and he is fab! Not that I'm biased or anything ;) he can be skittish and nervous but can also have his brave days, the more varied his work during the week, the better he is. Jumps like a stag, moves well, learns fast and always aims to please. His mum (cob/arab) was 14hh and dad was 16.2hh and he turned out 15.1hh. He takes a cob size in most things and is pretty easy to fit a saddle to (good amount of wither). He's my one in a million :)
 
I've a cob x warmblood and he is the best thing ever! Amazing jump, amazingly athletic, but has a great steady head and is amazingly chilled out. His conformation isn't the best, he has a massive shoulder, the biggest hooves ever and is weak behind. But performance wise he is perfect, fast, competitive and amazingly brave and level headed, nothing phases him. He still has the odd tb moment (starting boxes blow his mind!) but he is just an absolute dream horse.
 
weve got a 3/4 wb 1/4 cob on my yard .shes just coming 3 and has just been lightly started,shes gonna make 16hh and is coloured ,bold as brass and not phased by anything! shes going to be a cracking bold go anywhere do anything type. a really smart clever little horse:)
 
Another cob x wb fan here! Mine's only 15hh but she's a pocket rocket. I'd have another in a flash - mine has all the best bits about natives with a bit of 'posh' mixed in too. Super bold, trainable (up to a point, she is a mare after all ;)) and loves her work. Cheap to feed as well :D
 
rosie-ellie said:
Im putting my mare to foal with a warmblood but was wondering what the cross is like (temperament, way of going, boldness, height etc) before I do.
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So WTF are you planning this cross when you know nothing of the potential outcome?
Too many variables on the cob side & the warmblood side to have any idea -some warmbloods are virtually anglo arabs but others can be carriage horses. Some cobs are small carthorses, some are heavy native ponies, many with a lot of unknown ancestry.
 
Sorry but I agree with the above. There are so many horses out there, spilling out of the sanctuarys (and yes, rideable and trainable ones) why would you breed from something when the outcome hasn't even had much consideration. Sorry to be mean!
 
well mine was a TB x irish bog pony (cob) mum was 15.1 and dad was 16.2. Somehow they produced a mare who was 16.3, got as far as intermediate eventing and medium dressage, was graded and bred a cracking foal to DiMaggio!
 
Sorry to sound harsh but you need to have a good think about the end result of what you are breeding. Type aside - what are the plans for resulting foal - are you intending to keep or are you aiming to sell and if so do you know your market. Like others have already said - the market is overloaded with ponies and horses so please don't breed another one if you are not sure of its long term future.
 
s4sugar said:
So WTF are you planning this cross when you know nothing of the potential outcome?
Too many variables on the cob side & the warmblood side to have any idea -some warmbloods are virtually anglo arabs but others can be carriage horses. Some cobs are small carthorses, some are heavy native ponies, many with a lot of unknown ancestry.
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Just what I was thinking! Bad enough for an amateur to be breeding a foal in the current climate when you can almost guarantee its characteristics but when you don't know what you will get, how can you assure its future?
 
s4sugar said:
So WTF are you planning this cross when you know nothing of the potential outcome?
Too many variables on the cob side & the warmblood side to have any idea -some warmbloods are virtually anglo arabs but others can be carriage horses. Some cobs are small carthorses, some are heavy native ponies, many with a lot of unknown ancestry.
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Agree in essence with this. Warmblood "A" and warmblood "B" will probably be two completely different characters. What you end up with will very much depend on your mare and the stallion you are using, rather than a cross in general.

Why do you want to breed from your mare? If you are planning on keeping the foal for yourself, then ok, but otherwise there are so many people breeding from their horses left, right and centre, than unless you have a high quality mare and will use a top quality stallion, then you may struggle to sell them. Of course, if you plan on giving the foal a forever home, then at least you aren't running the risk of putting another run-of-the-mill youngster on an inundated market.

If you are determined to breed from your mare, why not find a sire that fits your criteria and investigate what his offspring are like? Still pretty ropey re: guaranteeing what your foal would end up like, but you'll get a better idea than "what happens if I breed X with Y".

I don't want to seem mean, but I have a friend who breeds cracking section As, and she's struggling to sell anything at the moment, luckily for the foals she is happy to keep hold of them until things look up and she can sell them for their real value. She's had people offer her a couple of hundred quid for them- think what you usually pick up for that kind of money.
 
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