Its just a cob .....

my mare is 'just a cob' but is also a delicate little flower
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and is rugged up already.

but my little cob is absolutley bombroof, outjumps all the warmbloods at the yard,flatwor is brilliant for a 5 yo and is so sensible and safe.
unfortunately she has been diagnosed with navicular and is out of work at the mo,
but i would never ever change her for the world.

cobs rule!!
 
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Why don't people buy and ride BRITISH horses/ponies?
Is it because they can't ride them??

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My WB is a British Warmblood - but look at any list of breeds on any horse website and you'll be hard pushed to find them listed!
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So yes, I can ride a British horse!!!
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Sorry, perhaps my original statement was not that clear.
Yes, it might be British BRED - BUT the WBs originally came from Europe.
 
I have read this thread with interest.

I am the proud (and extremely happy) new owner of a cob. I'm pleased its not just me who has experienced this 'just a cob thing'. When I showed him off to people you could hear the patronising tone. "Yes dear - he's lovely" and the look on their face says bless her - she has a cob.

Well, without my cob, I would have had to give up riding. I can't rate him highly enough. He is my total hero and I cuddle him every night and tell him how grateful I am that he is looking after me.

People keep telling me how much hardier he will be in comparision to my WB but they haven't seen the little wimp in the rain
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QR - these threads about cobs and alleged snobbery towards them come up all the time, and without fail whilst being over defensive some have to attack WBs. Surely if you're getting upset that someone is making generalisations and assumptions about your horses, due to its breed/type, then to start doing the same about WBs is just hypocritical?!
 
Just have to say that I love all our four legged horsey friends.

Doesn't matter to me what breed or type they are, if you love it and it loves you then that's all that matters.

That famous expression "horses for courses" comes to mind. Buy the horse that you want and just try and make sure it is suitable for you and what you would like to do.

I have had my lovely coblet for 5 months now and although when I bought her she was not very well schooled and would run out at every jump she is now working in an outline and jumping out of her skin. She is so beautiful and intelligent and warms my heart every time I see her.

However a friend at the yard has just bought a TB and I thinks she is absolutely beautiful too! She is sweet and inquisitive and I think they will be absolutely great together. I feel no negativity towards other breeds at all. If people look at me and my little Bess down their noses then I just feel kinda sorry for them.

Whatever you own, just enjoy!

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we took our cob to a very good equestrian centre to the dressage and he wiped the floor with all the warmbloods. He got 69% and the girl who came 2nd got 64% and events at pre-novice.. sorry BE100..

good old 'just a cob'
 
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Hi All,

I never quite understand why some riders look down there noses at different types of horses? At the end of the day we are all different, and like different types - and different horses are there to match different riders!


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Ditto this. Personally I'm not keen on cobs, although I have ridden some very nice ones. I don't look down on them though, they just aren't for me.
I keep the sort of horse I enjoy riding and other people do the same. Just because we like different types doesn't mean we have to turn our noses up at each other's horses.

Comments like "he's just a cob" are just rude IMO.
 
Cobs rock, they are so versatile and normally quite sane and easy to deal with. They may not be the fastest beasties in the horse world, but by golly they can do a lot and give you real confidence
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yes its just a cob!

Obvisouly cobs don't require any of the same requirements as a real horse...for example *hmm thinks* like her WB!

They don't need shoes, feeding, grooming, insuring, worming, riding....shall I carry on?

just laugh it off, I would.
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we took our cob to a very good equestrian centre to the dressage and he wiped the floor with all the warmbloods. He got 69% and the girl who came 2nd got 64% and events at pre-novice.. sorry BE100..

good old 'just a cob'

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Well done you. Does that not just prove a point?
 
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Well I know someone who calls Warmbloods 'Thick Bloods'
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Hear, hear - dopes on ropes. Only bought because some people cannot ride a TB, which will do ANY job far better than a WB.
 
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Well I know someone who calls Warmbloods 'Thick Bloods'
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Hear, hear - dopes on ropes. Only bought because some people cannot ride a TB, which will do ANY job far better than a WB.

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What a load of b*llocks!
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Naturally, I'm afraid I must disagree with you.

Welsh D = Welsh Cob. They are the same thing. And they are cobs. My D has not only won M&M, but placed highly in very busy cob classes.
 
Horses for courses! When I got the Spooky Pony, my mum said "oh no, not another pony, when are you going to get a proper horse?", like he's somehow less of a challenge for being a bit littler...Someday I'll probably have a warmblood too, but it'll be a proper German one, not one of these overstuffed Dutch things!!
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The Spooky Pony's passport calls him an "Irish cob", but I honestly don't think he's very cobby at all.
 
If I hogged and trimmed frank he would show as a cob, he looked like one when I bought him (hogged), albeit a very round one!

He has very normal movement and not a particularly refined head, and although he has very good confo he is just not particularly welsh. he is old fashioned in type not unlike genie.

I choose to keep the mane only because it helps me get on.

welsh cobs are a type of cob, poss just the best type
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QR - these threads about cobs and alleged snobbery towards them come up all the time, and without fail whilst being over defensive some have to attack WBs. Surely if you're getting upset that someone is making generalisations and assumptions about your horses, due to its breed/type, then to start doing the same about WBs is just hypocritical?!

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^^ aye, totally agree

I have to say, perhaps I'm just lucky, but I've never come across any cob bias
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Can anyone tell me why its JUST a cob? Are cobs slightly less inferior horses?

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Cobs are more than slightly inferior to normal horses, I'm afraid, for the following reasons;
1. They are ugly, short and smell like wet dogs.
2. They have more hair than a yak/musk ox cross, and have filthy, mite-ridden feathers.
3. If you have ever wondered why there is a 'track' dug into the surface of your school, it's because cobs have dragged their heavy, idle feet round, ploughing up the surface.
4. They are only suitable for novice riders - once you learn to post to the trot, you really ought to progress to a proper horse - it's like children sucking dummies at 6yrs old.
5. They have short, choppy strides, and feel as though their death is imminent whenever you manage to force them into a laborious, ground stomping canter.

I never understand why anyone would want to own one.
Tb's, and Warmbloods rock.
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Bad girl, bad, bad girl.....
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I'll give you point 2 - fed up with clipping and hogging and clipping and hogging and we're not even into winter yet but ....

this is only a cob too .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQwo8CHycLE&feature=fvsr

Also have a warmblood - but guess who has the rug on tonight in their stable??

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Well, my Tb lives out 24/7 so there! And the key point of that video is the phrase 'Flossie has been sold'
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I give shils 1, 2 and 5

3.no arena so don't know on that front!
4. I sucked my thumb until much older than 6 so what does that tell you
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Shils you forgot:

round so hard to get saddles to fit
wide so plays havoc with dodgy hips

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Fair points, well made.
I have indeed noticed that when the old bats/novices who own cobs try to clamber aboard, they often end up with a sideways saddle.
I wouldn't know about the dodgy hips aspect; we Tb owners like to keep our knees together.
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If I hogged and trimmed frank he would show as a cob, he looked like one when I bought him (hogged), albeit a very round one!

He has very normal movement and not a particularly refined head, and although he has very good confo he is just not particularly welsh. he is old fashioned in type not unlike genie.

I choose to keep the mane only because it helps me get on.

welsh cobs are a type of cob, poss just the best type
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NO - Welsh Section Ds are the Original BREED of Cob - NOT a TYPE. Hairy and Hogged Cobs are of a TYPE.
 
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5. They have short, choppy strides, and feel as though their death is imminent whenever you manage to force them into a laborious, ground stomping canter.



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Shils, could you tell Genie this please? In a dressage test I would love to be able to stop!
 
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