Should i sell my beloved pony???

Do i Sell or Loan?

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I thought this years ago about my cob, that I wanted to do more than his ability... I stuck with him and we did everything! Dressage, show jumping, xc, driving shows, horseball! Seriously you name it we did it!
I wouldnt have the confidence now if it wasn't for him.
And I would do it all again if I had the chance!
Shes only 4 I think you should give her a bit longer to decide what you want, having her a year is not long either

Good luck with her she looks stunning. And im not usually a coloured cob fan!
 
Your pony is gorgeous!:-) If i were you I wouldn't sell. Cobs seem to have a stigma attached to them which is that they can't jump or they can't jump high. It's all lies. My cob in his younger years could steadily make his way round a 3ft course and he's a not very agile 15hh cob. The riding school cobs I used to teach with were fantastic as confidence givers and taught hundreds of riders despite not being push button rides.

Never underestimate them.
 
Totally agree with the above! Said it better than I did! My cob is 13.3 and could easily get about a 3ft xc course or show jumping course in his hay day! ;)
 
Since we've digressed onto issues of maturity and saddle fit, it's also worth mentioning that she looks very overweight in some of those photos (other than the photo from when you first got her, and the trotting pole pic, which is deceptive as the angle is oblique and she's moving). Cobs should not be fat, you aren't helping her to be more agile over fences by allowing her to carry excess weight and she will suffer in the long term.
 
Cobs can seriously ping when they want to. We had a flying coblet (14hh on tiptoes, unbeatable BSJA up to 1.10m and stormed round 1.10m ODEs...) who was nothing special. He was just kept ridiculously fit, and had a fearless jockey who wanted to jump that big. He had feathers up to his knees (that meant boots didn't fit him, as his legs were too thick but too short), took a wide fit saddle and full sized bridle. He looked like a mini-Shire.

BUT, if you both lack experience then saving up and sending her away to be properly schooled could be a very good option.
 
I have a heavy weight cob who'll happily sj round 90 cm., yes, have to work a bit harder to keep him fit. But we're doing derby cross in couple of weeks and i know it'll be fab day out cos he's always the same and never spooky!!
 
She looks gorgeous and you definitely don't look anywhere near too big for her. If I was you, I'd keep her another year, get some jumping lessons for both of you and see how far you get. If you still feel you need to move on to something bigger after a year, she'll still be at a good 'saleable' age plus you'll have given her jumping experience which may make her more attractive to a wider market.

Good luck :)
 
I put sell. No point keeping a horse or pony if it's not the right one. To me I think OP does look a little leggy on the pony and might feel unbalanced on her over a slightly bigger jump which isn't going to help either of them learn is it.
I would market her as a hacking/low level RC pony/fun pony for a small adult or child. She looks lovely and surely she would be happier in a home where her owner is not constantly wanting to upgrade???
As for OP disappearing off because she didn't get the amswers she wants I don't blame her frankly. She's young, she probably does have dreams of jumping big hedges and there is nothing wrong with that. She's bought on a 4yr old pony and it looks like she has done a good job and wants to find her the right home so I think that is to be appaluded.
 
I would keep her, I wouldn't write her off just because of her size and build.

Seems to be a popular notion to me for people to buy a pony for a while, jump a little then mysteriously you need a huge 16.2 horse to jump on?!

Haven't read other posts.

Ponies can jump just as well as horses and unless your planning to compete to a very high level there's no reason a pony shouldn't be able to jump over 1 metre.. Fair enough if you start jumping her and her hearts just not in it that's different but you haven't given her a chance to prove herself yet.

You certainly don't need a horse to get somewhere in competing.

Give your girl a chance first she's only young.
 
I would say keep her.

Having read your post of when you first bought her, you stated that she was bought as a happy hacker only, and given that she is only young there is plenty of time to build up the both of you to 'proper jumping'.

Horses like her tend to give a lot of confidence because they are so good, therefore when she does jump she will probably give you confidence there too, dont rush to sell her when she hasnt even had a chance to prove what she can do.

You are still learning yourself therefore I would book some lessons with a decent instructor (not the idiot who said she wont jump more than a foot) and see how you get on this summer.

If you are still novicey yourself it will be a while before you are 'proper jumping' anyway.

Good luck! :)
 
JFTD said:
Sell it. Everyone knows cobs can't jump over 12" :cool:

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Don't know why anyone bothers keeping them myself.
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What an absolutely super cob! Cobs can!
 
She's not my type of pony, I'm not a cob person I'm afraid, but she looks to be a sweetie and from what you've said about her I don't think you'd have any trouble selling her. If you think you want to move up a notch then go for it but be careful; big, showjumping type horses can be a handful for lesser experienced riders. Are you sure you are up for it?
 
edgedem said:
and wont be able to teach me anything as she needs to learn herself. I need a larger, more confident jumper to go further and teach me!

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This bit actually makes me quite angry. To be so closed minded as to think that a young horse who still needs to learn themselves cannot teach you anything... I'm not quite sure you deserve a young horse!!

As a first time owner of a youngster and having backed and started him myself, I can safely say it is the BIGGEST lesson of my life and he has taught me so much, about riding AND myself. I have ridden a variety of horses over the last 15 years and I've continued to learn with all of them. By the looks of your photos you both have a LOT of learning to do before either of you should attempt 'propper jumping' and if you're patient enough she may even grow another few inches to take up our leg a bit more.
 
CBFan said:
This bit actually makes me quite angry. To be so closed minded as to think that a young horse who still needs to learn themselves cannot teach you anything... I'm not quite sure you deserve a young horse!!

As a first time owner of a youngster and having backed and started him myself, I can safely say it is the BIGGEST lesson of my life and he has taught me so much, about riding AND myself. I have ridden a variety of horses over the last 15 years and I've continued to learn with all of them. By the looks of your photos you both have a LOT of learning to do before either of you should attempt 'propper jumping' and if you're patient enough she may even grow another few inches to take up our leg a bit more.
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I wish that people wouldn't propagate this rubbish so much. If you can (especially if you are young) then learning your trade on a horse who knows their job is safer and more beneficial. You can then take your new knowledge to a young horse and apply it and you will both benefit more from that.

I wish that more people would take the attitude that learning together isn't necessarily the best thing. You wouldn't want a teacher who was teaching themselves to teach by teaching you... Why would a young horse want that either? It may have worked for you, but for every successful 'learning together' pairing, I reckon there are tens of failures where both of them end up confused and scared- just search on here for proof of that.
 
Lolo said:
I wish that people wouldn't propagate this rubbish so much. If you can (especially if you are young) then learning your trade on a horse who knows their job is safer and more beneficial. You can then take your new knowledge to a young horse and apply it and you will both benefit more from that.

I wish that more people would take the attitude that learning together isn't necessarily the best thing. You wouldn't want a teacher who was teaching themselves to teach by teaching you... Why would a young horse want that either? It may have worked for you, but for every successful 'learning together' pairing, I reckon there are tens of failures where both of them end up confused and scared- just search on here for proof of that.
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Yes perhaps. My main point was that OP doesn't seem to have appreciated what she has learnt from this horse and the potential to learn any more... and also that whatever she choses to do, she will need help (instruction) to progress...
 
She is a beautiful cob! I would so have her! But i think you should put her on loan because if she means so much to you, then you will miss her deeply if she was sold. You could still see her and spend time with her if she was on loan. But its not my horse and its up to you ;)
 
Loan- then you can make sure she'll have a forever home with you if/when the time comes, and still have an incredibly beautiful horse to your name! :D She's one of the prettiest horses I've seen for ages!
 
My 14hand coblet happily jumps meter plus. We topped out at 120 but that's me not her, she'd go far bigger. I'd be hanging on to a gem like yours and getting lessons to improve you both if you want to go further.
 
Just looked at ridden photos. You don't look big on her but saddle looks too far forward and you don't look very balanced or confident. As a baby she needs you to ride properly to get best jumping out of her. Lessons.
 
Just to add, I worked on a cob stud and I own a cob now, every cob I have known has grown between 2 - 4 inches from age 3/4 to 6/7, so if you were worried about height I'd give her another year.
As for a novice teaching a novice, that happened with my first pony and it wasn't perfect but result was I can now sit any spook, spin, stop, run out, cat leap etc. (he was a tricky NF)
All the cobs I have taught to jump have proved to be incredibly easy and never really needed teaching, just point and go. One got sold to a 12 year old girl as a just backed youngster whom I had trotted over tiny cross poles, the girl had barely jumped aswell and she was competing over 3 ft on him within the next couple of years, no training she just had a nice set of show jumps to practice on :)
 
edgedem said:
i have no idea what you mean by real evidence?!

ive been told that with her size, and build shell do a course of small jumps as in 1ft but wont take me any further and wont be able to teach me anything as she needs to learn herself. I need a larger, more confident jumper to go further and teach me!

Im not saying tomorrow, or even next month, I'm saying soon. And i am more asking where she will fit in? And who would take her on, who to advertise too when the time comes.

sorry for if that wasn't a crystal clear thread post but in my opinion your answer is being pretty presumptuous to my circumstances when you don't really know me!

If she cant jump or teach me to jump and i want to jump then i would need a difference horse. Thats logical surly? again not talking about selling tomorrow, but soon thats all.
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hmmm really annoys me when I hear cobs etc cant jump I need a big horse to jump, I have a 16.2 who cant jump as well as my 15hh dales honestly have you given the horse a chance, and as for teaching you...if you need teaching a big horse might teach you the hard way!!

our dales 15hh jumping over a metre

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our wee man has brought back more red rossettes than my ish ever will and taught my daughter to ride she had never jumped at all and he was a novice, hed only jumped the odd xpole and couple of 70cm rounds when she took him on,, they worked together and built confidence and a bond and hey ho...they ended up a great partnership !
 
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