Competing Butt Ugly Horses

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Having always had smart looking horses I now find myself riding a truly fugly coloured cob. Think big head, weak neck.....you've got the idea. If im honest I am not the enthusiastic to take him out to compete. Vain? Moi?

Opinions please :)

(bacon, eggs and birthday cake to all who can be arsed to post)
 
Dark glasses, large floppy hat and assumed identities.

However, handsome is as handsome does.

Better an ugly horse that behaves and goes well than a pretty pony who doesn't.

Take your choice of the above.
 
FinnMcCoul said:
Having always had smart looking horses I now find myself riding a truly fugly coloured cob. Think big head, weak neck.....you've got the idea. If im honest I am not the enthusiastic to take him out to compete. Vain? Moi?

Opinions please :)

(bacon, eggs and birthday cake to all who can be arsed to post)
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I'm with you I'm afraid. Shallow? Much?! :o

Although I suppose if you're being paid to do it, that might help......?! :p
 
Sorry but call me vain I dont do fugly ill condition no muscle hairy horses. Both my two are trimmed neatly with manes and tails pulled, feathers/beard/ears trimmed and a lovely shiny coat and neither go out to compeitions unless they have socks like something from a DAZ advert!
Its just the way I keep them and they dont seem to mind if a carrot or two is slipped there way!
 
Haha!!

I receed offer of bacon, left under grill and set fire to kitchen....

I wish I was being paid but unfortunately I paid hard cash for this one, myself for "fun".

Don't get me wrong, he's cute, almost well schooled and clean/well trimmed (I'm a dressage rider, darling) just no getting away from the cobness.
 
I was all ready to offer some support, you know the "not everyone can have a flash looking horse" line, but you bought this one yourself :D hehe
 
Nowt wrong with cobs as long as they can do the job.

Mistral Horjis is possibly not as 'nice' looking as some of the other top class dressage horses, doesn't hold him back though
 
I had one. I still feel sad thinking about him, he was pts in 2003, he was THE nicest horse I have ever met, a really sweet person. Butt ugly. Big nose, long ears, little piggyish eyes, he had a slightly wonky pelvis and stringhalt and an upsidedown neck. I would never ever have swopped him for anything else :D
Be proud I say, and humplepie is right, handsome is as handsome does. Many people told me that when I had Walter :D
He scrubbed up OK (really made sure he was sparkling and well clipped to enhance his 'good bits'!)
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In his later years, demo-ing the big nose:
walter2.jpg
 
lachlanandmarcus said:
Ask John Whitaker whether he would have swapped Ryans Son (looked like a milk float horse) for any warmblood stallion and I can guess his answer....No!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soTo9rdR0ZM

Be proud of your fugly horse (and just think of the muscles you will develop holding that great weight of a head from brushing the ground :-)))
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What a treat to watch Ryan's Son again, you got me trawling through all the old greats on youtube now!

Anyway with the fugly cob, i would stick to wearing a disguise so no one recognises you. Unless of course he's hugely talented like Ryan's son
 
My first horse was a cob! Best wee guy out! I remember people laughing and pointing at him when i started going places- 'Wee Fat, Hairy Cob' They werent saying that when me and Mr T jumped the socks off them! For all he was only 14.2hh he could clear well over 1m20 and could out jump most finer breds at Local Shows. He'll be kicking eighteen now, still enjoys hacking and schooling with my mum! We love our little coblet!

Its not all about looks :)x
 
Mil1212 your old boy was gorgeous. Would have no prob taking him out.

Jokes aside think I worried I will get judged by someone who'll recognise me, then be horrified by the 15hh (on his tip toes) blob that I'm riding. I should shut up and get on with it or man up and ride my "proper" dressage horse....(I'd have to prize Chunky from MH's cold dead hands and then I couldn't ride one side of him anyway!)
 
lol I used to think like that until i showed my neighbours hairy cob , took him round the local shows and came away with a ribbon every time, had huge fun, i could see something nice about him and was right. He would with the correct schooling have done a decent dressage test too. Moved straight nice paces.
 
LMAO, I'm kind of with you on this one!!!

But if it's a sell on, provided safe, you'll be inundated with people wanting a nicely schooled 15hh cob, ugly or not!! Don't underestimate the fella :)

My advice, make sure cliped and trimmed within an inch of his life. White bits gleaming. A really chunky noseband on the bridle.

If he is a true cob stamp hog him, if not leave the mane on. From what you said about weedy neck I'd be tempted not to hog.

Can we at least have a photo of his fugliness?
 
Well a) I think cobs are gorgeous
and
b) it makes warm ups so much easier, no one rides you off your line as they don't see you as a threat. Then you in do a mega test and whoop their arses.

Pretty much the best fun to be had !
 
Brazen it out is the way forward. Act if everyone is crazy for not recognising the future of Grand Prix in the form of a cob!

I am completely shallow about horses. I cannot even get slightly enthusiastic if ugly or untalented. If they are both well,..........
 
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