Why do people want to own cobs?

glitterfuzz said:
no shes not black, white and hairy, you can see her face and she doesnt have beard and bin lid feet! :D Did you buy her from the gypsies for a fiver though? If so, she may be a cob in disguise!
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lol -no but she probably worth about a fiver as shes got navicular and hock spavins!!!!
 
WISTON BRIDGET....Top international jumping mare with Tim Stockdale. Second Hickstead Derby. Jumped Aachen and Spruce Meadows Nations Cups, winner of Puissance at Olympia and Foxhunter Champion.
By Rosewall Grandure (Hann) out of Shire mare.

Is she classed as a cob?? I know she looks like one...

Just to clarify - I am not for OR against the bullying of cobs ( Or cob owners for that matter ) My mum owns 2... * slightly embarassed * haha and I love them to bits, wouldn't personally go out and buy one but I love our 2 all the same.

Couldn't find any pics of wiston bridget...Maybe someone who is a little better with computers could find one....

P.S. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO A SMILEY.....DON't TAKE IT PERSONALLY!!!
 
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hannx clydie apparently (I googled)
 
This is possibly one of the most amusing posts i've ever seen on HHO!


PS I do have a Cob (but she's crossed with a TB and dare i say it - a bit of arab too) ducks for cover before stale and mouldy fruit is lobbed at me for having such an atrocious mix - so far Cobs, TBs and Arabs have all had a decent amount of abuse in this thread! oh well i love her!

not to forget a couple of smileys :) :)
 
Personally I much prefer riding TBs, but I love cobs too.

I suppose my old boy would be a cob. He has a bit of shire blood in him. I still keep his mane hogged apart from his forelock, and when he was younger, he was always completely clipped, legs and all, so it was easy to keep him clean and smart. He'd grow such a thick coat otherwise. He was such a brilliant allrounder and in some ways I could do more on him than my TB, like hunting for example, which would blow my TBs brain.
 
oh Shils how I love you :D :D :D

and just for you my JA coblet and namesake!

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and in cob mode to prove he is a cob. (7/8 welsh D with a hint of arab
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which just made him look well wrong! :p )
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Would never think he made light work of 1m50 walls or could do a fairly impressive piaffe!! :p

Oh and my other old pony also pays a good passing resemblance to a cob as well although he has a good bit of Heinz 57 in him which made him pretty ;)

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oh and here is a cob not to mess with as he has serious attitude ;) :D :D :D
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Ignore her guys, it's just Shils. As long as we all wear garlic wreaths, carry huge crucifixes and don't open the windows at night to let bats in, then we'll be ok. She gets like this every spring - I think it's when the council come to clean out her coffin in her basement...........
 
i have two cobs and both are faster more unpredictble spooky and generally very fun to ride hehe. than my warmblood and my fatty had no problems keeping up in gallop :D
 
moses06 said:
Because I don't like skinny, thin necked willowy stick legged TB's!!;):D
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your just jealous of my crazed lunatic!!!!

in all seriousness, i have had both and i like both for different reasons. i would go and buy a horse that suited me regardless of bred, colour, sex or age. saying that cobs hurt my knees when i ride lol
 
kezimac said:
i dont mind cobs - good laugh, i have had cobs and loved them and done allsorts with them - i do prefer shorter stride - cant do huge striding warmbloods - but thats cos of my back injury.
My current horse is below - so is she classed as cob???? 15.3hh IDxTB

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No she's a hunter! and a nice one too!
 
Ive never had cobs. I do dressage, okay some can do it but in general they are not as responsive to aids etc etc.. Hehe, I had a cob on loan which changed my opinion of plod-a-long when it tonked down a bridleway like a lunatic after a leaf had fallen off a tree :eek: :) I think its personal opinion, so you dont see cobs at top end competition but, why would some one who wants to have fun and doesnt want to deal with a bad mannered horse want a badminton star :p? To those people getting worked up about 'well my cob is sharp' etc.. Lighten up, I dont think anyone is trying to upset you :D

Edited due to cr*p spelling :)
 
Well at least if you hve a cob you dont have to buy lots of rugs, and you dont have to worry about him being a fussy eater :D you dont have stable to muck out, coz they can live out and you can leave them turned away for months get back on and you wont have a nutter between your legs that throws you off lots :D

Suppose the downer is you spend a fortune on fencing :D
 
In this world on the forums
All can have their view
Yet to intentionally offend others
Is not the thing to do.

I’ve schooled and trained a multitude
From fells to thoroughbreds from the track
Ex eventers and medium dressage horses
So I’ve plenty of wool on my back

Some of you ride warmbloods
Who I liken to Labradors
Some of you like thoroughbreds
When you can keep them on all fours

An equine’s not just a type or breed
There’s the personality of the horse
Indeed I’ve seen and ridden cobs
Who leave TB’s standing on a course

To me it shows a lack of knowledge
To label all cobs hairy, lazy and fat
When clippers, exercise and ‘joie de vie’
Easily banish all of that.

My personal opinion
Of the reason for this thread
Is to stir trouble, to light touchpaper
And upset people with what’s said

However, ending I would like to say
To Shilasdair and glitterfuzz to,
That all the cobs I’ve met in my life
Have better manners and etiquette than you.
 
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Ahh I do love it when Shils starts something off like this!

But several of the examples mentioned (Cadri etc.) are Welsh D's they aren't "Cobs" (as in the type) :p and therefore I do not believe they count :D:D

Like Ester I really want Shills to clarify whether she includes D's in this Cob fiasco?!
 
toffee44 said:
Well at least if you hve a cob you dont have to buy lots of rugs,
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Says who?? If you have a cob it is absolutely ESSENTIAL that you buy it loads and loads of rugs which you will never EVER use because it is a fat hairy beast that you chuck out in the field for three months over the winter.............HOWEVER - that is NO excuse for not buying rugs!! :)

Darling Shils - I can't believe how many people have risen to the bait - especially as it's only a couple of months since you last posted this one! P.S. - my cob commits the cardinal sin of being hairy AND pulling a cart! :)
 
Well this thread made my bacon butty go down in lumps :p, I do hope someone will start a thread on why they hate WB,s. Katie price rugs is what springs to mind when I see them prancing around:D:D.
And the TB,s only get an outing on grand national day splendant in there newmarket exercise rugs :D:D, ducking for cover now :eek::eek:
 
trendybraincell said:
Ahh I do love it when Shils starts something off like this!

But several of the examples mentioned (Cadri etc.) are Welsh D's they aren't "Cobs" (as in the type) :p and therefore I do not believe they count :D:D

Like Ester I really want Shills to clarify whether she includes D's in this Cob fiasco?!
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Oh dear - we are Llanarth and very definitely Welsh D - does that mean we don't count even though we pull a cart? :(
 
trendybraincell said:
We need Shills to clarify...and you don't pull a cart, you drive ;)
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I know that, but "pulling a cart" sounds soo much more "cobbish", which will appeal to Shils more than "driving"...... :)

ets that although if we are recognised by Shils as a Sec D and therefore not a cob, then yes, we do drive. Only cobs pull carts. :P
 
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molmoo1 said:
Says who?? If you have a cob it is absolutely ESSENTIAL that you buy it loads and loads of rugs which you will never EVER use because it is a fat hairy beast that you chuck out in the field for three months over the winter.............HOWEVER - that is NO excuse for not buying rugs!! :)
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Oh ok rephrase:

You only have to put one rug on a cob at anyone time not 3 or 4 or if your daring not one at all :D
 
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