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bellaM

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I'm thinking about getting a little cob mare but I do like competing and doing dressage, she isn't anything special and I'd just like to know how many of you have bog standard coloured cobs and compete on them and what results you get?
 
I read a wonderful story the other day about a gypsy cob that is competing at (I think) medium level dressage.

But either way - of course you can do it. It will be great fun.
 
We win Prelims and have just started doing Novice test and have been placed each time out (3rd & 2 x 4ths). We are struggling with Medium Trot as due to knee action Sparks finds lenghtening harder than shortening. She jumps too (see siggy).
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If that is your horse on your siggy she looks fab and quite showy! not sure this one is as fab but we shall see!
 
Sorry cobs are not bog standard
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, I own a irish cob who will clear 4ft with ease....and will do well in workers to County level.......once knew a piebald cob with a moustache(yes some cobs can have them!) and people would mock when he was entered into dressage,soon eat their words when he was placed 1st everytime out....Ha,so please don't tell me their bog standard as make very versatile horses!
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My first gypsy cob mare did well at low level dressage, SJ up to 2'9, XC up to 2'6, showing and was a real good all rounder. She was a heavy cob with huge amounts of mane, tail and feather.

My current youngster is doing very well at showing and has looks to have the potential to do well at local dressage - very good movement. He also has a good leap in him. I am again hoping to have a good all round fun little horse.

Nothing best winning on a hairy gypsy horse - watch the snooty people lips curl and giggle - I used to, especially with dressage
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my friends cob get clear rounds if that helps ?? not especially big but he can jump half the wing and hes a medium weight cob .. and my friends mum has won prelim dressage with her medium weight
 
Well I have a coloured Gypsy cob mare and these are the things I do with her

Coloured Showing classes
Hunter Trials
Driving Classes
Hunting
cross country
Beach rides
Dressage (very good at dressage)
Hacking out - (on own)
Clear round jumping up to 3ft 3
Side Saddle
Polo (the best fun ever!)
sponsored rides
beach rides
She also does RDA for a young blind girl who is very talented.

She is never sick or sorry and only cost me £1500!!

And guess what ?? I wouldnt swap here for anything!!!
 
Continuing the theme ... our little lightweight cob, unknown breeding, but some of it definitely Clydesdale - has had a great track record in affiliated showjumping, competing in BN and Discovery. And yes, the reaction that you get from people mounted on stunning warmbloods is very funny! Some love him and say "Isn't he sweet?", and others REALLY look down their noses! So its very satisfying when he has gone out and won against them.
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Definitely buy her, and you will find that they are almost always lovely characters, and will give you great pleasure!
 
Cobs are THE BEST!!!! You can do anything with them they are amazing horses I think alot of peoples attitudes are changing towards them now. I know I used to think they were all these slow fat things that couldnt jump high or be bolshy and go fast - how wrong was I. I went out shopping for a tb and ended up with a little cob who is now nearly 16.2 and will do anything, when he is not acting like a 3 yo tb. Could do dressage if it was our thing but he likes to go fast and jump high and racing to the front when hunting. Touch wood but my boy has always been a very happy and healthy one and has been lame once for about a day in the 5 years we have been together! GET HER!!!!
 
I used to compete a friends cob in dressage and we always did really well. We beat some very expensive horses, much to their owners disgust
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Not bad for a 15.2 cob who cost less than £2k!
 
coloured cob classes are great, i have 3 cobs, and just bred my own cob x shire shes gorgous, and my cobs are mw, but i keep up and somtimes pass the tb out cantering.
 
thanks very much for all your answers! Its interesting and good to see no-one has written anything negative at all!!
 
My first horse was a cob gelding, he was quite heavyweight and not naturally athletic, but I soon changed that! With correct training he gradually becme far more agile and in the end he rode just like a warmblood, you could really feel him working through from behind, he could do canter pirouettes, half pass, infact he was great for collected movements (though did struggle a bit with extensions due to upright shoulders). He had bags of stamina, I would take him hunting and stay all day and he'd still have the energy to powerwalk home at the end of it. He regularly jumped double clears at 2'6 and 2'9 height (though he wasn't as fast as some of the wizzy little ponies so we didn't always get placed). And he could jump up to 3'9. He also had a lovely character, you always felt safe on him, he was very well mannered and would look after his riders, complete beginers could ride him and he was as good as gold.

Go for it I say! A good cob will be your friend for life, you can have loads of fun with them and there's no reason they can't do well in competitions too.
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hmmm im glad someone else said "bog standard" cobs arent so! mine is wonderful, shows, learning to jump, stunning strides and paces, go for it, they will do absolutely anything to please their mums and dads! just dont stick them in an empty school without anything to go around / over, they get bored and stitch off quite easy so rather than think its best to start off with a blank canvas, its the opposite, good luck and keep us posted!
 
-oc- mine had the moustache your referred to, i dont like the tash and luckily it receded with lots of grazing, now i just have the huge beard to contend with altho I do actually like that!
 
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