Should I show him?

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This is my 14.2 irish cob, he is 10 and up til now he has done pony club eventing (up to 3 foot with me, and once I outgrew him, smaller with my sister). At the beginning of the year, he injured himself in the field, and went about 1 or 2 tenths lame. He's had hundreds of investigations and is now totally sound, but is sadly no longer allowed to jump. He has fab paces, a few weeks before going lame I took him out to an unaffiliated dressage comp, only prelim, but we got 74% and beat 2nd place by 10%! I do quite a lot of showing with my warmblood, and personally feel percy has too much white on him (just my preference) but i dont really know what people look for in the cob world, I do think he might be a tad on the small side though. I dont have many photos of him at uni with me so please ignore his feathers in the picture (I had to take it for the vet!) the video is of him doing medium trot for the first time since last christmas, so its a bit dodge, but I think you get the idea :)





I cant make the video embed, but its here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEtoubm1B3w&feature=youtu.be
 
He has got a lovely trot, if his walk and canter are as good then I think you could show him.

But like you say he will be at a disadvantage with his height, it really depends how far you want to go. You would need to clip and hog him though.
 
Sorry don't know much about showing.....but I bloomin love these types.......they are so much more 'up' in the shoulder that most 'posh' dressage types, have a neck that is build for self carriage and an active backside.

Lovely....Best of luck with him and I hope he stays sound for you.

What a jolly chap!!
 
oh he is lovely - great activity in the trot both in front and knee action - sorry dont know much about trad/cobs but have a go - its all about having fun and nice for him to go to a party or 2....

best of luck and reports are a must please....
 
Totally but as a traditional do not hog him for show cob classes. He is the perfect native traditional. For HOYS qualifiers he needs to be CHAPS registered and for Royal international classes you should join the BSPA. His markings are good and height will not be an issue in the traditionals. You need grow the feathers long and thick so they float with his movement. He is not typey enough for cob classes, definately a traditional. He will do really well!

BSPA have good section on their website with pictures of all the "types" for coloureds. Here's the link:

http://www.bspaonline.com/types-breeds.html

Good luck
 
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Looks nice sort, only one way to find out by giving it a go!
Hard to tell by video but looks like very slight dish but you don't get many totally straight cobs, but may just be the vid
Good luck
 
Thanks for all the lovely comments on him!! I bought him 8 years ago when cobs were definitely not fashionable so I'd never really considered it before! He does have a slight dish behind, but goes almost completely when he is really fit! I think I'm def guna give it a go though, he kicks his door and marches round his box whenever we take my boy out in the trailer, he is definitely missing it!! Only thing is he has very corse hair, so I think alot of conditioner will be required to get his feathers silky and his mane less frizzy!
 
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