Video- What do people think of this horse?

I cannot agree that "any green 6year old cob is like that".

She will be MUCH worse to ride than you could imagine from that video. I had one that napped away from monsters in the corners and drifted towards the other horses in the arena. You cannot tell she is doing it from the video because I am correcting her all the time. It's mega hard work for an experienced rider and it's paying off but put a novice on her and she would be back to square one. That horse you can easily see she is doing it from the video so to ride she will be awful. I like a cob but I agree there's nothing to like about her at all.

She's not green she's showing every bad habit under the sun you don't get that from greeness in the horse you get that from the greeness of the rider who probably had her as a novice ride before the dealer paid a pittance and is now going to sell her for nearly 2k.
 
I am with ffionwinnie OP. Though I think this could turn out to be a nice horse OP, but it will definitely test and challenge its rider. Purely on what you have said I am not sure you would want to deal with that.
 
No I really don't want a horse that will challenge me. I am not a total novice but having a challenging horse my confidence would I think get worse. Its a shame because I really like her alot
 
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I'm another who doesn't think she'd do what you want to do, OP.

She looks like a pretty standard cob, and looks like she needs a lot of work and to be brought on and schooled properly by someone experienced. She may make a nice enough riding horse at some stage, and she might be able to plod around a school for half an hour with a novice rider sat on her but I wouldn't say she would be suited to a novice at all, especially not as a happy hacker.

you would be much better looking for an older horse, who's more experienced and well-educated.
 
I was looking an older horse but I just saw her ad were she sounded great then I watched her bid and saw her napping
 
OP,you say she is being sold as a hack.. if this is her forte then why doesn't the video contain any footage or her being perfect in all hacking terrains etc?

Generally you'd sell a hack with a hacking video then if people want a schooling video then you can show it to them but tell them it is not what she is being sold as so obviously needs a lot of work!

I say steer clear, you can find better. :)
 
I am surprised you have got so many negative comments about her. She is napping because she is very crooked and has the wrong bend. Once you get her schooled and straight I think she will be a cracking cob. OP why not go and see her and then decide? take someone with you. She has a great trot! x
 
blitznbobs said:
Am I the only one who quite likes her??? Aparently so...
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I quite liked her too. She is what she is - a young, heavy, green cob, who is finding it very hard to balance and finds the school a bore and a chore.

Like one or two others said, for a cob she moves really well behind, with a nice powerful action, really stepping under - I bet she has a cracking trot when out hacking. But would I buy her? No, not for that money, because she looks very recently backed - more like a 3 or 4 year old and I'd expect some cheekiness to go with that level of schooling/experience.

She reminds me very much of my first cob. He was young, fat and very nappy and cheeky; totally unsuitable for me as I'd only been riding for about 6 months, but boy oh boy, I had hours of fun (and games) with that horse and he really taught me to ride, and I absolutely adored him.
 
hihosilver said:
I am surprised you have got so many negative comments about her. She is napping because she is very crooked and has the wrong bend. Once you get her schooled and straight I think she will be a cracking cob. OP why not go and see her and then decide? take someone with you. She has a great trot! x
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Absolutely agree, I think she will make a cracking cob too.
 
cobgoblin said:
So is that you riding her in the video?
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Er hardly, you have edited my post so it no longer makes sense. I am explaining how my mare never looked as bad as that mare in videos however was very difficult to ride, that mare looks difficult in the video so will be even worse to ride in my opinion.
 
I quite like her, to me she doesn't look like she hasn't done much at all and her education possibly rushed for this video/a sale. I think with a decent instructor you could have a cracking horse there, she didn't put up much of a fight to be fair, and I don't like the rider at all, she did absolutely no favour for the horse either,

Id go and see her, with an experienced rider, she is worth that at least.
 
I like her a lot actually.

Forward going, nice hock action and looks willing to please.

All (or most) youngsters have a cheeky habit, and I don't think it would take long at all the correct her napping (and to be honest, it doesn't look that bad. My 5-year-old use to bronc non-stop at the gate - all she's going is falling through her shoulder a bit).

But, I don't think she's the horse for a novice. The rider does her no favours either.
 
FfionWinnie said:
Er hardly, you have edited my post so it no longer makes sense. I am explaining how my mare never looked as bad as that mare in videos however was very difficult to ride, that mare looks difficult in the video so will be even worse to ride in my opinion.
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How on earth can somebody edit your post?
 
I'm with FW - having had green cobs, who were nothing like as bad as that when younger and greener than this horse. I really don't care for the conformation, but that aside, it's not just green - it's been taught that it can evade by poor riding and training. That's much harder to successfully over-ride properly if you want a nice, correct and sensible ride at the end.

hihosilver said:
How on earth can somebody edit your post?
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cobgoblin edited the quotation of FW's post in her reply, which removed the sense. The original post was clear.
 
I dont think shes napping, she looks like she would prefer to go to the gate and she clearly has no schooling. But she seems a sweet mare all the same. I have a 5 yr old HW green cob and he might well look similar, and hes not nappy at all, but he has only been in the school a handful of times. Hes better put together than her, and hes green as we have taken him very slowly. His main rider has been a teenager who has only ever ridden in a riding school, although he does ride very well. They have gotten along just fine :)

He hacks out like a pro as thats what he done most of. He would be fine hacking out with a competent novice or a nervous rider. I backed him for the first time and hacked him through the village, as I had no facilities and it was no issue. He just has that sort of disposition where life doesnt really bother him :) There are difficult cobs out there, but the generalisation that cobs are suitable for nervous or novice riders is there for a reason
 
FfionWinnie said:
Er hardly, you have edited my post so it no longer makes sense. I am explaining how my mare never looked as bad as that mare in videos however was very difficult to ride, that mare looks difficult in the video so will be even worse to ride in my opinion.
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Actually I didn't remove parts of your post to change its meaning. You didn't state that you made a separate video, to me your post still reads as though you were riding the horse in question.
 
Op didn't sound like she wanted a project. Hence my negative comments especially as nicer flatwork does tend to make for a nicer hacking horse too.
 
Op, if you really like this horse and want her primarily for hacking, why don't you give them a ring and ask if you can hack her out? Do you think maybe she's driven, decent trot and hasn't figured out the school?
 
Another one who doesn't like. I'm a cob fan but she just doesn't float my boat. While the rider is hardly helping, for me she looks nappy, green, hard work and I may be on my own on this but I don't like that really snappy action. Maybe if she was 4 and half the price but as it is I personally wouldn't touch.
 
Tern said:
This is napping. :o
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Yeah you are right :) but its not really what I term napping, as in really making objections known. Anyone should be able to cope with that sort of mild preference. And I really dont think it will translate to hacking out alone, it might, but thats something to be checked out at a viewing :)

If you want something ploddy and safe at that price, I kinda assume thats what you will get. If you want a lovely well schooled safe hack, then you can probably triple the asking price. They arent machines, and having spent 6 months horse shopping for a friend who didnt need a novice ride and had a 5k budget, she went for 1.5k horse who had mild issues that were fully disclosed. Unlike the 5k horses who had at the least mild issues often worse, and they were almost never disclosed. Maybe I just have low standards though? :lol:
 
Really green but I think sweet looking and personally I think would be ideal - in a couple of years if you are prepared to make your own.

But OP, go with your heart, but yes she would needs lots of correct riding, and if you don't have the experience and don't want to be straight out there and hacking maybe not for you.

As a matter of interest, if you want something that is reliable to hack and knows its job, it maybe worth looking at an older horse who has been out there and got the T-shirt, something 6yo is always going to have lack of experience/education by definition.
 
Interesting opinions.
I'm not a cob fan, but she looks quite correct. She is green, and obviously not had much education and her active forward trot is making it hard for her to do schoolwork - she can't balance with a rider yet. If you imagine her schooled and going properly she'd be really nice.
If you have a good instructor who will help you start her properly, and you like her, then take someone with you and go and see her.
 
I really like her. I don't see anything that a year of decent schooling, and a complete change of tack wouldn't fix. But I had a very quirky cob too, and I loved him to bits.

If the OP really wants a "made" hacking horse, then perhaps this one isn't for her... but it's not to say she wouldn't be great for someone looking for something to bring on.
 
Well I have been to see her and she is really nice and sweet she has great manners and loves a cuddle and a stroke. The man said she had been backed at two then just ridden out on hacks so that's why she is so green I think. I took her for a hack she was ok a bit slow and I had to kick a lot but when she got going she was ok. She walked past other horses ok and is very good in traffic we had a bus and lots of very fast cars pass us and a bike she did not look once at them. I got her to trot it was very active and was really comfy she feels forward in trot but very ploddy in walk. The only issue I had with her was the amount of kicking to get her going but she did go as soon as I was given a whip. When i first got on i was nervous and she was more ploddy but as i felt more relaxed with her she started to listen more and got going more. She does not stand still when you mount. She also walked past a very scary plastic bag that was blowing but she did not spook at all she stopped to look at things but that was it. I am now really not sure what to do, i do think that we some more work she will be really good and will be just what i am looking for and she has great personality see seems like she would be very good fun and man did say she can jump. I am just worried if i would be able to get her going at home i think i will talk to my instructor about her as i would need lessons to help bring her on. She also had a very strong bond with the man and did want to be with him a lot which is why i think she went a bit ploddy with me. So yeah i am total stuck on what to do now i have told the people that i am going to think about it. They said she is £1850 but i would try to get that price down and she comes with no tack but the tack they used had a three different pads to get it too fit so i would not really want their tack anyway
 
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