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I have owned three cobs and all of them had had a buck in them. Not something they do the whole time but when they are spooked/arguing etc they had a natural reaction to buck. I work with TB's (on the ground!) watching the yard lunatic after I turned him out and he had a good buck and fart around he stood straight up on his hind legs. He looked stunning but just made me think I have never seen a cob rear?
I suppose it's to do with the way they are made and I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule! This is only my personal experience and I'm sure I will be corrected!!!
 
I read an article about rearing, seems some breeds are more prone to it then others. Then you have your Ibrian breeds which are taught it, stunt work, high school etc. Having watched the geldings playing around (which they do more then mares) most of the rearing seems to happen with the TB's & WB types, I dont think I have ever seen the heavy cobs get more then a foot off the ground in an effort to rear.
 
I think a lot of it is to do with the way they are put together. A lot of cobs tend to have straight back legs and so find it hard to take weight back to rear, wheras warmbloods tend to rear more than buck as they are bred to take weight back.
 
What about welsh mountains and nipping! (waiting to be bombarded with comments from people with non-nipping section As!
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What about welsh mountains and nipping! (waiting to be bombarded with comments from people with non-nipping section As!
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Here goes then - none of my Welshies nip! Well not now we are SO strict on treats and feeding from the hand that they never expect anything.

Neither of the cobs buck either though in fact in the four years I've owned the smaller one I have seen him buck twice and both times were when he was hooleying round in the field. Bigger one has bucked twice when ridden - just a little" hop the back legs off the ground" but boy does he go in the field, and as for the Section A - no way am I getting on that when she's in a mood.
 
Never under saddle, but in the field he always seems to be on two legs! I've seen him rear near vertical quite a few times when he's playing, and he has a massive buck on him!! I've not seem him rear randomly, only if he's "jousting" with another horse, and then he usually lands on their back lol. I count my lucky stars he does neither when I'm riding
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Not quite a cob as such but my welsh c rears, not much now but when we went to see her she reared in her stable because she wanted her tea, she did when she wouldn't have her ears clipped and in the field. She used to do it when she was learning new stuff under saddle too and she got confused, she doesn't as much now and if she does its not straight up and she really sits down behind - quite pleasing from a dressage point of view!
 
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So has anyone actually seen a cob rear??

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Loads of times.... I have a cob that will put a buck in occasionally and one that will rear if feeling insecure.
 
Are you very very careful about treats on purpose? I've never had one myself but have ridden a few and all those I've known have had a cheeky personality - maybe its that that makes them do it given half the chance!
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What about welsh mountains and nipping! (waiting to be bombarded with comments from people with non-nipping section As!
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I have a Welsh A that has never nipped! Her speciality is haed butting...v.annoying
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There is a cob at our yard who rears under saddled and on the ground - he is a bit of a hooligan all round.

TBH the only breed i've known to consistently rear under saddle as evasion is WBs - it may be due to the fact that most of my friends own WBs (they are very popular in our area), whereas, I've known loads of different breeds to buck
 
Pidge, ISH, and Sunny, sister's cob, both buck and rear in the field when playing. Pidge does neither under saddle, but Sunny will do small bucks and rears under saddle usually when he doesn't want to do something that sis wants him to
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Flash sometimes rears and bucks when ridden when he's decided he wants to stop, but maddy only rears for the dentist and I have never seen her buck when ridden, although someone far too heavy for her that rode her without permission complained that she had bucked.
 
Big boys do go up

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Chancer (gypsy cob) and Cairo (clydesdale) spend a fair amount of time playing up in the air. Chancer really can go high when playing about.

Cairo has given a tiny bounce with me, Chancer has reared about half way twice (got his backside well smacked). Jemima the gypsy mare I had reared on one occasion, got a bang between the ears and a growl and boot and never did it again.

Now Chancer and Cairo have a evil buck in them - Cairo as a youngster got through a stream of professional riders - Chancer has the strongest buck I have ever experienced.

TBs - all mine have been light on the front end - but nothing serious. My hann x TB was shown as Vertical Limit - and she did - went vertical but you had plenty of warning - never went over with me but used to scare people to see her do it.
 
my cob can go vertical if she cops a strop about going in the trailer!! i had a sec c that was so balanced in a rear it could walk on it's hindlegs like a blimmin' mountain goat, and my cob also has hell of a buck in her too!!
 
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Are you very very careful about treats on purpose? I've never had one myself but have ridden a few and all those I've known have had a cheeky personality - maybe its that that makes them do it given half the chance!
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Oh yes!

Hubby got into the habit of going out each night and giving them a mint at bedtime and they soon started nipping for treats. He also couldn't walk through the turnout area without being mugged. Whereas that probably would matter too much for most people he is disabled and can't regain his balance if he is knocked, nor can he get up quickly. So I had to instigate a total ban on treats.

Our Section A is known as his "little blonde" and her naughtiness also takes the form of charging up to you, spinning and aiming a kick at your head
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She's a good girl really (fingers crossed behind back).

Actually she's the last pony I fell off. As she was coming home at night and only having a couple of hours turnout during the day I decided that I might as well ride her the quarter of a mile up to the field - that short distance wouldn't do any harm. So I hopped on bareback and she dropped her shoulder and lifted her bum and off I went.
 
Gelderlanders are supposedly nervy by nature and the one I used to ride/work with - he was very nervy. Not dangerously so but couldn't ever be on his own etc

Oh and Andulasians CAN jump and jump well
 
Bert had never done more than bounce under saddle and never more than a foot or so in the field when playing, to be fair I wouldn't realy call in rearing. Bucking however is a different matter.

He has one hell of a buck on him, luckily mainly demonstrated in the field. Only a couple of times in a year have I had a proper buck under saddle and even then not as big as in the field, although he often does bunny/fart bucks when excited and esp. in canter.

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