JVB
Well-Known Member
Just thinking and not wanting to start a argument but interested in views...
So, I have always owned good doers (TB & WB types) but was always able to keep them at good weight with enough riding, they always had plenty of grazing.
At my yard, most of the non cob horses are in light work some with restricted grazing but still plenty to eat and some are slim and others bit porky in spring but fine in winter.
Now the cobs are all on starvation paddocks, range in the amount of work they do but no more than medium levels of exercise and still look pretty well covered. Some have grazing muzzles on, some are brought in during day etc. Which I totally understand and see why what with lami being a worry and just trying to keep them a decent weight.
So, I wonder, do cobs have a fat gene, and are they being bred for the right reasons?
Are they bred for suitability, personality, looks without consideration that they may be breeding more cobs likely to gain too much weight when older.
Do people own cobs who are poor doers?
Views?
So, I have always owned good doers (TB & WB types) but was always able to keep them at good weight with enough riding, they always had plenty of grazing.
At my yard, most of the non cob horses are in light work some with restricted grazing but still plenty to eat and some are slim and others bit porky in spring but fine in winter.
Now the cobs are all on starvation paddocks, range in the amount of work they do but no more than medium levels of exercise and still look pretty well covered. Some have grazing muzzles on, some are brought in during day etc. Which I totally understand and see why what with lami being a worry and just trying to keep them a decent weight.
So, I wonder, do cobs have a fat gene, and are they being bred for the right reasons?
Are they bred for suitability, personality, looks without consideration that they may be breeding more cobs likely to gain too much weight when older.
Do people own cobs who are poor doers?
Views?
LOL. Anywho.