So when is a cob not a cob?

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A girl on the same yard as me has a coloured cob (I say, he is coloured, has feathers and resembles a cob) but her and a couple of others say he isn't a full cob, the girl who owns him's reason being when his feathers are clipped off his legs are finer.

So when is a cob not a cob? To me you either have a cob or you don't. They don't have to be coloured, but I just think think IMHO you have one or you don't. My boy is a cob - not heavily built but a cob all the same and there's nothing to say he can't be as good as a warmblood or TB so why say it isn't a complete cob?
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Anyone's opinion would be great!
 
Strange.

Patches doesn't have much bone "for a cob" and currently looks quite slim "for a cob" but whenever I describe her the one phrase that always stands out is "for a cob".

She's not a heavy set cob, but she's most definitely a cob.
 
I dunno, Gypsy Vanner, welsh cobs and welsh ponies of cob types are all distict "breeds" so they could mee vanner X, but a "Cob" is a type so it is personal opinion, like a "Hunter" is a type.
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I think Patches is lovely, but I do think of her as a cob too. Without being clumsy she is nice and stolid
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Best type to have
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Full Cob????

I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but as I understand it a "cob" is a type not a breed and there for something cannot be "not full cob" as that is the typr not the breed.
Cobs can differ ie heavy weight, light weight etc but if they are feathery depends on the breed. What does this lady class her horse as if not a cob?
 
Exactly. She's a cob. Interestingly I've been to a pleasure ride today and was quite shocked at how lightweight she is compared to many. I always think of her as a big old heavy cob, but clearly she's not.

Goes like stink too! Whoever says cobs can't move must've been sat on a half dead one!
 
LOL! My auntie was riding Dan tonight - she claims she hasn't jumped since she was a teenager but she managed well enough on him
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She was galloping him too, and he can go when he wants to. I'm worried one day he will disappear to their farm and never come back
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I think she kinda likes him
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Mine is a Cob X (cob x Warmblood allegedly), but is still a cob. My usderstanding is that cob is a type not a breed, although certain breeds (welsh D etc) are cobs.
 
Chex is a cob, but I think technically he's a gypsy cob x something finer - he is not that heavy set. But he's still a cob, just a finer one
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You're right there Claire!

My friend has an Irish coloured cob (I would say MW, would have a lot of feather if she didnt clip it, not a gypsy cob though) and he's the most foward going horse I know. Nothing it won't jump, think she's eventing it now.
 
Under 15.1HH to show as a show cob, no upper height limit for sectin D's ( pure bred) I would say she was a Cob type, or large "Vanner"

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I once took my Irish horse (grey in siggy) to a show and entered him in Large Ridden Hunter, just for a change, variety is the spice of life and all that, and the judge told me he was a cob
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I was a little miffed at this, not because I have anything against cobs (I lurve cobs they are cool) but he a Hunter type if ever i've seen one, anyway being the type of person I am I entered him in a Ridden Cob class, in which he looked very out of place and guess what the judge in there said he was a Hunter
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... we never went to a show again!
 
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Here is a pic of my mare. I always say she is a cob, but I was told she is too big at 15.3 to show as a cob! What would you say she is?
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She looks like a cob type to me, but not a show cob. Cobs are traditionally 15.1hh and under, but now there is a "maxi cob" class for over 15.1hh cobs. But although yours has the limb and front of a cob, he doesn't look to have the "backside of a cook" expected of show cobs.
 
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16.2 cob - very square, leg in each corner

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Welsh cob

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Irish Cob

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Gypsy cob? (he had been hogged in the summer

I might describe a horse as a bit cobby - heavier than usuall, but not full blown cob
 
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