I have made a rod for my own back putting Bailey on a diet!!

[sophiebailey]

After a month or so on restricted grazing with increased exercise Bailey the fat cob is now Bailey the fit cob and has resumed his usual hacking party trick of ******ing off with me in every canter.

Why oh why didn't I leave him fat and unfit

Off on a hack tomorrow to show my new field mates the good bridle ways for fittening (fast) work, please say a prayer for me tonight. Neck strap has come back out of storage!! Bloody cobs.

P.S - if anyone has any good tips on how to stop a tank of a cob from tanking I would be grateful ;-)

 

[sophiebailey]

 

[Regandal]

Yes, he looks like a cob with attitude! No advice, but good luck! He looks great.

 

[CobsGalore]

He looks great!

To be honest I'd probably give him a good blast to get it out his system!

 

[sophiebailey]

He gives himself a good blast every time, whether I allow it or not little turd!!

 

[mulledwhine]

no advice , but he looks fab

 

[CobsGalore]

Lol! Perhaps a 20 minute lunge before your hack then?

 

[sophiebailey]

I wish I could but due to his arthritis we can't lunge, can do short bursts of schooling once a week and can't trot on concrete/roads. Total nightmare for a speed demon, he's got so much energy now. We used to trot for miles, his big expressive welsh trot powering us up hills and round all the lanes.

Now I have no trot work to settle him down before we hit the bridle ways :-(

 

[sophiebailey]

Plus he can be a toad to lunge

 

[CobsGalore]

Then all I can say is HANG ON!!

Have fun!

 

[Spotsrock]

If hes a anything like my cobs a flash may help a lot.

 

[*hic*]

Oh! He's almost my old boy's twin!


FWIW my old boy (he's 30 and is now retired) was very happy in a vulcanite pelham, which meant we had brakes when necessary.