Lets see your lean, fit cobs!

maisie06 said:
Emancipated was the word the silly old bag used!!:confused::p
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emancipate
verb
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) <under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch>

emaciate
verb
to lose bodily strength or vigor <without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate>

Pretty sure she wasnt telling you he needed freeing by animal rights lot ;)
Lovely boy btw you've done a great job!
 
This is when I bought her, she looks so uncomfortable!



This is a about three months ago




We have built a little muscle since but definitely have some more to build. Oh and we have grown a lovely mane!
 
I saw this post was in the top 5 forum topics in H&H and had to post a pic of my Billy! He is rising 5 this year and is pretty fit!! He is fed haylage and gets a handful of chaff, high fibre cubes and biotin. He is schooled most days and has been doing a little dressage and we are getting ready for our first showing season together! Cannot wait! We did one coloured class at the end of the season last year when I first got him, hopefully our hard work will pay off this season.

Doing dressage a couple of months ago..
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Our first and only showing class at the end of last season.
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When he first arrived at our yard :)
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BillyBongo said:
I saw this post was in the top 5 forum topics in H&H and had to post a pic of my Billy! He is rising 5 this year and is pretty fit!! He is fed haylage and gets a handful of chaff, high fibre cubes and biotin. He is schooled most days and has been doing a little dressage and we are getting ready for our first showing season together! Cannot wait! We did one coloured class at the end of the season last year when I first got him, hopefully our hard work will pay off this season.

Doing dressage a couple of months ago..
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Our first and only showing class at the end of last season.
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When he first arrived at our yard :)
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I can't see your photos :(
 
**Second time lucky**

I saw this post was in the top 5 forum topics in H&H and had to post a pic of my Billy! He is rising 5 this year and is pretty fit!! He is fed haylage and gets a handful of chaff, high fibre cubes and biotin. He is schooled most days and has been doing a little dressage and we are getting ready for our first showing season together! Cannot wait! We did one coloured class at the end of the season last year when I first got him, hopefully our hard work will pay off this season.

Doing dressage a couple of months ago..

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Our first and only showing class at the end of last season.

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When he first arrived at our yard

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BillyBongo said:
**Second time lucky**

I saw this post was in the top 5 forum topics in H&H and had to post a pic of my Billy! He is rising 5 this year and is pretty fit!! He is fed haylage and gets a handful of chaff, high fibre cubes and biotin. He is schooled most days and has been doing a little dressage and we are getting ready for our first showing season together! Cannot wait! We did one coloured class at the end of the season last year when I first got him, hopefully our hard work will pay off this season.

Doing dressage a couple of months ago..

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Our first and only showing class at the end of last season.

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=5732&pictureid=22467

When he first arrived at our yard

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=5732&pictureid=22468
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Very nice!
 
Might help if I actually included pic duhh

This is from Sunday... She needs more muscle and topline but the judge said it was nice to see a lean cob.

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I noticed in H&H this week that one of the most popular forum topics was 'Lets see your lean fit cobs' so I just had to have a look!
Some lovely looking lean fit cobs there are here too!
I am going to attempt to post a pic of mine..
Id love to do some showing with him, but dont really see the point, as he's not fat!! I have been told he'd do well in M&M WH, but the jumps are a bit big for me at the mo!
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equinedentistuk said:
I noticed in H&H this week that one of the most popular forum topics was 'Lets see your lean fit cobs' so I just had to have a look!
Some lovely looking lean fit cobs there are here too!
I am going to attempt to post a pic of mine..
Id love to do some showing with him, but dont really see the point, as he's not fat!! I have been told he'd do well in M&M WH, but the jumps are a bit big for me at the mo!
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Woooo Thunder!

He'd be great at working hunter :) Start at unaffilliated and the jumps can be any height from 1ft-3'9 and beyond :D
 
Scruffy 3 yr old just sat on

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Lard arse cob :eek::eek::eek: summer of her 3rd year, long reining - backing process
Living out 24/7 and very fat!!

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Looking better, winter:

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Spring - 4yr old

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Last few weeks :)

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My 2 cobs together :)

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I think shes her ideal weight at the moment, then again the grass hasnt really come through yet!!
Normally she is restriced grazing and wears a muzzle. She only has to see the grass and shes huge!:eek::eek:
 
This is my small Haflinger coblet.

First looking waay too fat and there is no one to blame for me than me (and I have learned my lesson big time). Still got low heart rate and fast time in this endurance ride tho.


And her new svelte Hollywood figure...aiming to get her slimmer this year.
 
My boy lives on thin air, very difficult to keep weight off & is naturally quite cresty as he is very riggish.



With my 6f2 hubby - at a smidgen under 14.2hh, cobby certainly does take up the leg!:D

 
Here is our middleweight 15.1 7y/o Irish cob. Always managed weight through exercise and not fed any hard feed through summer. Mostly unrestricted grazing. Given low sugar feed in winter and spring but let the weight naturally drop off in colder months. Don't rug/clip except in worst weather but stabled at night in winter. He is very big boned and touches nearly 600kg at heaviest but never overweight in body scoring. He still often has a slight applebottom but never "padded" out at sides of his rump and never has a neck crest.
Hard to keep cobs healthy weight but as they were normally kept on scubby land and plenty movement I think we need to focus on getting them fitter rather than restricting grazing.
 
Don't forget that the size of the belly doesn't mean the horse is or isn't fat . A skinny horse can have a big belly and a fat horse can have a small belly. It's all about condition scoring the whole horse.

I always think my cob is fat but every time I ask my vet , he says he's fine , so I try not to panic too much.
 
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