Why do people want to own cobs?

I own a cob (alongside 2 sport horses!)

My cob is the most fun I have EVER had!! He's safe but quirky and I have never seen someone get on him and be able to stop properly!! He is always up with the huntmaster out hunting and clears literally everything in his way! He is an xc machine and will quite happily jump well over 4ft....


But, that's in my dreams clearly. My cob can't jump bigger than a foot and is a total plod, I have him because I cannot ride the 'proper horses' I own.... :rolleyes:

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to home horses which people are shallow enough to judge on their looks and ability. IMO it's like saying 'she's Chinese, therefore she's not my friend'. To be honest, when we start doing that, we begin shutting our minds down from a wonderful world of equines. I am the proud Mum of a piebald cob and a TB x WB mare! My fave breed are Iberian's, always but I wouldn't disregard any other breed. Fair enough we don't favour some breeds and I know a lot of posts are tongue in cheek, but it's sad that some people are so horrified by the idea of owning a cob.
 
Well after my Irish cob & welsh cob both insisted on being total knobbers today, I couldn't agree more :(

Free to any home never mind good, a 2 year old little brat of a filly and a 5 year old complete and utter knob of gelding, hell I'll pay u to take them!

My next horses will be hot blooded ;)
 
I had a 14.2 cob on loan during the "summer" (if you could describe it as that) and actually he was so different to what I'd been expecting (the year before I had a 16.2 ex racer so you can see the difference!).

Anyway I had tremendous fun with him, he was a real sweetie, although quite green. He always tried his best and we had a lot of fun teaching him how to jump. We even mastered half barrels! ;)

However he was also a little s**t, electing to go insane rodeo bronco style when a friend was watching me ride with her kids (who had come up to see little angelic him..)- just goes to show they aren't always plods!
 
missyme10 said:
Well after my Irish cob & welsh cob both insisted on being total knobbers today, I couldn't agree more :(

Free to any home never mind good, a 2 year old little brat of a filly and a 5 year old complete and utter knob of gelding, hell I'll pay u to take them!

My next horses will be hot blooded ;)
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Can I have them?? Good cob owner home awaits!

I know this is tongue in cheek, but I luvs my cob. He is just the bestest. Can be hairy and fat if I let him, but I don't so he is sleek and sexy and very good looking, could easily pass as a warmblood if only his legs were longer I think!:rolleyes:

Hes a dressage diva (with bling, but only a little bit), a poncy show horse, likes to pretend he's a hunter, and a showjumper (but without all the must have expensive stuff) and a matchy matchy cross country horse...can see us coming for miles in my canary jods!...and is reasonably good at everything.

And the best bit about owning a cob...turning up at events where people look at you and you know what they'r thinking (Oh, a cob) and then whipping there asses! Specially in dressage! :D

Heres him pretending to be a hunter -
http://www.equestrianphotography.co...h=1591_2471_2474_2508_2528&products_id=160526

and a dressage diva...though he didn't have bling that day
http://www.onlinepictureproof.com/s.../kingsbarn/96279_24407/browse/64/?w=625&h=525

and doing a wee bit x country the other weekend
http://www.colinrobinsonimaging.com/galleries/2011/110903Blair/110903_d3b6359.htm
 
Dizzydusty said:
Can I have them?? Good cob owner home awaits!

I know this is tongue in cheek, but I luvs my cob. He is just the bestest. Can be hairy and fat if I let him, but I don't so he is sleek and sexy and very good looking, could easily pass as a warmblood if only his legs were longer I think!:rolleyes:

Hes a dressage diva (with bling, but only a little bit), a poncy show horse, likes to pretend he's a hunter, and a showjumper (but without all the must have expensive stuff) and a matchy matchy cross country horse...can see us coming for miles in my canary jods!...and is reasonably good at everything.

And the best bit about owning a cob...turning up at events where people look at you and you know what they'r thinking (Oh, a cob) and then whipping there asses! Specially in dressage! :D

Heres him pretending to be a hunter -
http://www.equestrianphotography.co...h=1591_2471_2474_2508_2528&products_id=160526

and a dressage diva...though he didn't have bling that day
http://www.onlinepictureproof.com/s.../kingsbarn/96279_24407/browse/64/?w=625&h=525

and doing a wee bit x country the other weekend
http://www.colinrobinsonimaging.com/galleries/2011/110903Blair/110903_d3b6359.htm
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What a handsome boy!
 
Gasp.......!!! Welsh cobs though, are neither hairy or ploddy and are the only "proper" breed of cob. They are hardy, yet forward going, easy to keep, intelligent, have excellent conformation if well bred - faultless really - and they come in black. Gah! again!
TBs are generally bred to run very fast in straight lines, cost a fortune to keep and are constantly getting injuries. I equally ask "why does anyone want to have a thoroughbred/warmblood or whatever you call those crappy gangly useful for nothing but speed horses".:D
 
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