Feathers on cobs?

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picolenicole

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Hiya everyone, hope things are well and horse's a doing fine!!

I have a question about feathers, if showing in trad classes and your horse has a little feather (like bum fluff, lol :) ) would you cut them off?

I'm sure I was told to trim mine, so have but someones said he needs his feathers on for trad showing or I could pull his main and enter other shows. Which I don't want to do.:( Also he looks loads better without them, I don't think I'll let them grow back.

You can just see his feathers in this one :D:-
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Thanks guys
 
I think if you want to show in cob classes then its all off or all on. Nothing in between. Either hogged and trim off feathers, trim tail and pull it or leave the lot alone. In traditional classes ( if you can find any) leave everything on. But generally Traditional cobs have a lot of feather and mane, true gypsy cobs and the profusion of feather is an important feature.
 
I'm no expert but I woud have said yours doesn't have enough feather to show as a traditional, so I would say take it all off (hog and trim, etc) and show as show cob if you want to show.
I don't show mine but I think she is more what is considered a "traditional" with lots of feather...
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I have a traditional and it's very much all or nothing. Showing as a coloured traditional, you have to leave everything on, nothing trimmed and very au natural. The only trimming really permitted is their beard, other than that, hairy all the way.

Other option is all off and going as a show cob. Unfortunately, there is no inbetween.

Here's my boy:
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p.s. chickeninabun - I love your mare, she is just stunning!
 
I would say you'd be best taking it all off and going as a show cob. To do well in traditional classes he'd need alot more mane and feather than that.
 
Yours is a native type and not a traditional.

Basically turn him out as a Welsh D for showing. Minimal trimming, don't touch the legs and have his mane about 8 - 10" long, tail is left long for a coloured native.

He is the wrong shape to show as a show cob so don't hog him out.

A correct traditional can never be a show cob - they are very different in their shape and way of going.

Finally and please don't think I am rude, but it is never called feathers, but feather, or if you are a gypsy, hair.

Good luck and he looks like with a bit of a tidy he could do well in the native coloured showing classes, but never put him in M&Ms as they get very offended if a coloured native goes in them.
 
This showing seams really confusing. There's so many different things and I just don't know what to do, I have a new RI coming on sat so I'll talk to her.

Theresa_F I don't think your rude, never owned a horse with feather (or a coloured, hense all the showing questions I keep asking) so was a bit of a guess.

I just want to know everything I can before I enter one and look daft doing the wrong thing. I've always been a groom (with either bay or grey) not the rider so I know how to make him look less like a bog pony, but thats about it. Maybe if I go watch a few shows first to see what it's like??

Thanks guys
 
picolenicole - I'm totally the same, has no idea how rules were so different for each type of horse! I'm pretty new to owning my own horse and had no idea about showing traditionals when I bought my boy. I have since found out that I cannot do fancy designs on his bum, I'm not allowed to trim his tail, I can't show him in pretty brow bands and I can't plait him.

As such, I have to do those things in the comfort of my own yard :D
 
Theresa_F said:
Yours is a native type and not a traditional.

Basically turn him out as a Welsh D for showing. Minimal trimming, don't touch the legs and have his mane about 8 - 10" long, tail is left long for a coloured native.
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Ditto.

He looks to be Native rather than Trad. Leave the hair be. There is a lot of variation in hair where Coloured natives are concerned, from minimal feather to those which have a lot of Dales mixed in for example.

Have a look at this BSPA booklet, it's quite interesting.

http://www.bspaonline.com/pdf/2007/Booklets/Natives_Booklet.pdf
 
On a side note, if any of you guys that have put pics up, want rid of your ponies.....:D:D:D

I love hairy ponies, Kings my dream horse. I've never feflt the need to do anything with anyother horse I had, but he just gives me the feeling that I should do something with him. Don't know why I get that feeling, never had it before.:confused:
 
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