Why do people own warmbloods then?

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Why do people who (no offence to anyone because I am one of them:o), got out and buy a flashy hot head headed warmblood, with top dressage/event/ show jumping lines when they are not good enough riders to handle it?
I can come up with endless cases where people have spent large amounts of flashy horse and can't ride them, trading them in for something smaller and hairier (cue- cob!).
Seriously why buy Olympic prospect to do the odd riding club/ unaffiliated dressage comp and are absolutely terrified of it?
There seems to be so many good flashy horses standing in fields doing nothing, when infact your cheaper bog standard, Heinz 57 would of been better!
Opinions, and please don't be nasty!
 
hmm..... well out of the 6 warmbloods ive owned ive never had a hot headed one??? My Sec D's have all been worse!

Infact i dont really think i know any "crazy/hot headed" warmbloods, just the wrong riders on them. I think they are very sane horses with talent....... as long as they arnt too closey related to a TB.

It does annoy me when as you wrote someone buys on because they want a "flashy" horse to swan around on, but with the correct managment, and rider i think they are one of the best "type and breed" of horse out there. I dont particularly do Grand Prix SJ or dressage on mine , just enjoy a happy hack and the odd show here and there

but im biased! he heh
 
dominobrown said:
Why do people who (no offence to anyone because I am one of them:o), got out and buy a flashy hot head headed warmblood, with top dressage/event/ show jumping lines when they are not good enough riders to handle it?
I can come up with endless cases where people have spent large amounts of flashy horse and can't ride them, trading them in for something smaller and hairier (cue- cob!).
Seriously why buy Olympic prospect to do the odd riding club/ unaffiliated dressage comp and are absolutely terrified of it?
There seems to be so many good flashy horses standing in fields doing nothing, when infact your cheaper bog standard, Heinz 57 would of been better!
Opinions, and please don't be nasty!
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What's the point in answering if we can't be nasty?
S :D
 
To keep up with the Jones's, because they've got more money than sense or because they think they are better riders than they are and so on. I have to agree that there are many people like that out there and it isn't just warmbloods. Look at all the silly inexperienced people who buy an ex racehorse off the track because it is going cheap and think they can turn it into a happy hack...................

I'm afraid life is full of people who think they are better than they are!
 
boogles said:
*jokes*
coz I like 2 ave a orse wiv a name judges cant say propa

:p



In all seriousness though I like the attitude a lot of warmbloods have and they can be challenging, which in turn is then very rewarding when things go well :)
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haha yes maybe thats true - same with my welsh horses - i have no idea how to say theres
 
TicTac said:
Look at all the silly inexperienced people who buy an ex racehorse off the track because it is going cheap and think they can turn it into a happy hack...................
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DON'T, I know of someone EXACTLY like this and I am waiting for the day I get told they have had an accident :( :eek:






Tinker88, I wouldn't mind but NOT ONE of the commentators I have had has pronounced B's Name properly (ISH btw :) )
 
because i can lol. He is so easy to do, he is easier than my two dartmoor hill ponies and you dont get any more heniz than them. He is easier than my haffy and my freasian and the only thing close to him is my cross warmblood lol
 
Forgot to say i have a hogged old retainer that most would say needs shooting too!

"there coming to take me away, there comint to take me away.... to the funny farm, where life is wonderfull all the time, there coming to take me away, he he, ha ha, he he"
 
The original point of breeding warmbloods was to retain the calm temperament of the cold blooded breeds but gain the athleticism of the hotbloods, so a traditional warmblood shouldn't actually be hot-headed!

We've just bought a warmblood for our 13yo daughter - but he is an absolute darling and in the six weeks we have had him he has been to a PC rally, two cross country practices, a showjumping practice and hacked out alone and in company with more manners than many cobs I know!

We didn't set out specifically to buy a warmblood, but we bought him because we were impressed with his temperament and the fact that he has the ability to compete at the level she wants to.
 
Absolutely nowt to do with breed Im afraid- although you seem to think that as you have one that makes you a good rider- some warmbloods are the ploddiest things I have ever met??? :) . There are hot heads in every breed. There are riders who over horse themselves with cobs.

Like I said nowt to do with breed- oh and how many people do you know who go out and by an "olympic prospect"?? maybe I move in the wrong circles, as no one IO know would have that sort of cash!
 
boogles said:
*jokes*
coz I like 2 ave a orse wiv a name judges cant say propa

:p
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lmao love how u've spelt it 2 :p

tbh dont no anyone with a wb but i no someone with a hairy which they cant handle/scared of and is wasted in the field, so can happen to any horse placed in the wrong hands
 
Have no idea. Because said warmbloods are gorgeous and people look down on cobs cos not got flashy paces?

Rose tinted specs then fall off with rider and then go on to realise cobs are actually full of prescence, with a fab active hindleg (well mine has), handsome head and lots of safe fun? With an a**e to die for?

Sigh. Oh for a lottery win and my own yard of cobs

*wobbles off into horsequest fuelled fantasy of cob heaven*


anyone care to join me? i've got jelly tots.....and pink wine
 
I think it is a legitimate question. I guess it is about personal taste and in some cases, dreaming. Most of us want to ride well and own a horse that we consider beautiful and talented (cobs are just as beautiful and talented to me though!). Its easy to over-estimate our own abilities when we are dreaming, and who doesn't think 'well maybe if I work hard this horse and I will get to Grand Prix' or whatever the ambition is. Easier to imagine with a flashy horse than a more ordinary looking sort.

Not all warmbloods are sharp and difficult. I am a fat middle aged women and have owned some very talented flashy warmbloods, but I used to be a good rider (in days gone by) and I never had a real problem with them. As I have got older though I tend to buy youngsters with bloodlines that are renouned for being amateur friendly such as Rhodiamant etc. Then I get the best of both worlds. Maybe not the hugest paces but I know I have a good reliable friend who is also talented enough to compete in the young horse classes. If you are not familiar with breeding then its not something you would look for though.

I may never take my flashy well bred warmblood to the levels it could reach with a good rider, but I bet its happier in the field munching grass than stabled 24/7 and never hacked or allowed to have much fun the way a lot (but not all) professional riders keep their horses. I just find them beautiful and easy to train and enjoy - which is why I like them :)
 
Lol gotta love these threads :D (they actually spark interesting discussions imho)


I do however find it sad (as in upsetting not pathetic ) that people automatically perseve warmbloods as hot headed (see Boogles is multi lingual :D :p), Lord is THE MOST affectionate horse I have owned, hence partly why I purchased him. He loves to be around people and is ever so soppy. Yes I appreciate if they have certain lines (trakhener, a lot of TB or even SOME Darko lines) they can be hot, but so can any breed of horse :)


Don't be so quick to think it's the warmbloods that are nut jobs guys ...........it's usually the owners :p :D x
 
my warmblood mare is probably the most bombproof and level-headed horse ive ever ridden.

Her son isnt though.

Horses for courses, but i do feel this thread over-generalises a bit ;)
 
why are cobs considered ideal horses for novices???????? i bought a cob last year and my instructor is the same lady who broke him in previously. he is bolshy, stubborn, spooky and can be dammed bad tempered!!!!
My instructor is very experienced and said people make this assumption - that all cobs are easy peasy for novices - not true - he is a handful on teh ground and when ridden.
Ive come to teh the conclusion that horses are liek people - all unique irrelevant of their breed - i bet some warm bloods are ideal horses - "bombproof" if you like - i do know not all cobs are xxx
 
Most bombproof horse I ever rode was a 4 year old arab stallion so yes I think it depends on the horse. His attidude was 'That lorry speeding round the corner at 50mph just almost hit me and my face is full of grit now, oh well never mind! '
 
Yep, i'd say it has naff all to do with the breed tbh. We have two arabs on our yard - and they are the easiest to handle out of all 20 horses. My arab I would take anywhere and do anything. Our skittiest horses there are probably the little ponies (welsh or NF x) and a couple of the ISHs. I have the only WB and WBx and they are both very sensible - my mare was a headache when she was younger but I'm sure thats to do with the people who had her before me.
I think a more relevant topic to gripe about is generally people who massively overhorse themselves, its not necessarily on WBs tho! I know a few....and its all about more money than sense and keeping up appearances! Accidents waiting to happen...
 
I have a wbXtb who is bombproof in traffic and very well mannered to hunt etc, though he probably will never reach his full potential with me i do event/ show jump him. I bought from the yard where i work, where we breed tbXwb. Some of them go to good riders (we sell most of them backed) and you here about them doing really well, but soooo many go to people because they have seen them showing, doing well and buy them to event or something. You later hear that the horse is question is sitting in a field doing nothing. The horse which i made me post this thread was one we backed who started of brillantly under saddle, and i thought would make a superb event horse, which is now sat in a field untouched by its new owner, who said they were going to event, but realistically never were. :(
 
My friend got a cob as a 1st horse for a novice ... jeezzz that horse was sooo rude, would walk through you, i was lunging it one day and it took off down the arena and dragged me along behind it, i ended up practicing my gymnastics with a flashy tumble over and the horse jumping into the field :p was funny though ... I dont believe in stereotyping breeds etc because they all have there own personalities :rolleyes:
 
i think its more a question of why do people over horse themselves generally- its often with warmbloods of some description because they are the pretty and VERY flashy ones with HUUUUGE paces that average riders get wowed by when they go to see them....i really don't understand why someone would pay around 10k for a horse for local RC and unafil dressage...but then i guess if it makes you happy then its your own business. i agree, however, with OP, that there are a lot of people with overinflated egos and this just ruins horses and leads to warmbloods getting bad reputations for being 'hot' when they quite often aren't....
 
I have a warmblood, she is exceptionally well bred and ought to be a fantastic showjumper but unfortunately she isn't, as I bought her purely because she had pink papers and a pretty face and was big and shiny. I do look smart traipsing round the village on her though, and as an added bonus I can see my smart reflection in all the upstairs windows.
 
diggerbez said:
i think its more a question of why do people over horse themselves generally- its often with warmbloods of some description because they are the pretty and VERY flashy ones with HUUUUGE paces that average riders get wowed by when they go to see them....i really don't understand why someone would pay around 10k for a horse for local RC and unafil dressage...but then i guess if it makes you happy then its your own business. i agree, however, with OP, that there are a lot of people with overinflated egos and this just ruins horses and leads to warmbloods getting bad reputations for being 'hot' when they quite often aren't....
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I completely agree :)

My warmblood is (was :( she's now retired) terrifically straightforward to ride, and yes, more talented then me (not hard :p), but her previous owners chose to sell her to me, rather than pros who were offering lots of money, because she is more than just a jumping machine, she's a lovely, loving character who enjoys lots of attention and petting and a variety of work.

My warmblood is a completely different horse with no work/lots of stabling/ the wrong feed, and I think this is where so many go wrong. Goodness knows that boxrest with her turns her into another animal (one that nearly killed me ;)) but so long as she's out lots, fed suitably, and worked/stimulated a lot, she is a poppet. My farrier would back me up on this as he recently had to cut an abscess out of her foot whilst she was on boxrest, and she was a nutter, a few weeks later, once she was out 24/7 again, he came back to trim her and she was an angel. He even poked her and said "Is this a different horse?!" :D

I think they just get managed wrong a lot of the time, and unfortunately the rubbish wbs that you get are v cheap which means a lot end up in the wrong homes. :(
 
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