Why do people want to own cobs?

SallyBatty said:
When it comes to buying certain things it also appears to be the same for warmbloods, lol. The times I have seen something come in pony/cob/horse/warmblood sizes.
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Goodness, really? What on earth is Warmblood size? At least I understood pony/cob/full (though I've never known a cob that actually needed cob sizing...)
 
Floxie said:
Goodness, really? What on earth is Warmblood size? At least I understood pony/cob/full (though I've never known a cob that actually needed cob sizing...)
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Ditto. Usually I've found the sizing goes pony/full/loch ness monster/cob.

They need a clonking great head to counterbalance their disproportionately rotund hindquarters.

:)
 
I have a WB and have always prefered lighter, fancier breeds. Many years ago, when I first started to ride, I was always put on cobs or heavier breeds and found them very boring; but I put this down to them being riding school horses!

But still now, I still find them very stubborn, fairly lazy and not the prettiest to look at!

However, they are great in their own respects and excel with the correct rider and breeding. But I personally would never own one unless it was a black sec d stallion! ;)

P.S I had to look after my YO Irish Cob when she went back to work full time!
 
I own a cob because he belonged to my daughter who then loved boys more, so the git stays with me.

However, he is the most wonderful horse on the planet and selling him would be like selling my grandmother.
Guess, I love the belly loving sod.
 
JFTD said:
I'm choosing to interpret it as a humorous comment regardless... I find HHO much easier to deal with if you presume every is laughing at their comments as much as you are :D
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I would have normally - but having just noted a bit of ranty theme ongoing in all recent posts, I'm not so sure!
 
Auslander said:
I would have normally - but having just noted a bit of ranty theme ongoing in all recent posts, I'm not so sure!
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Hehe, come join me in a state of denial and self righteous belief that nobody would be so daft as to post that comment and not mean it to be tongue in cheek :p
 
I have a cob well two sort of but ones an ID so he calls himself a hunter now when he was 200 kilos heavier and his mane was hogged he was a cob .
Back to the cob I did not want to buy a cob but having hunted for a driving horse for ages and found nothing I viewed this cob , he was very cheap , bolsy but well broken to drive he needed a home so I thought what the hell and bought him.
Things I found out, elbow length manes choke you when cantering , easy remedy scissors then pulled , the feathers harbour mites , look ridiculous and are a totally pain unless you want to spend a lot of time grovelling on the ground with shampoo and combs given that I can barely be bothered to comb my own hair we clipped them off however we let him keep his long full silver and black tail.
We clip all year round as he has a horrible thick coat.
He walks through things like breeze block walls this was a suprise to me as the horse / JCB cross was new to me .
We taught him to jump (although backed he was really only driven ) he likes jumping he thinks it's cool, he could be used to prepare areas for the extraction of shale gas as his landing will cause minor earth quakes.
He's bold he's brave he's forward going when it suits him lazy when it suits him he regards work as amusement for him rather than a job .
He thinks he's sharp given that I am used to really sharp WBs and TB this is really quite funny .he was completly bemused when I just laughed at him .
He is brave in competition and does not give in pulling in the wet .
He loves dressage training just loves it and does a nice test.
But I have to work at loving him he's a big character but he's just not my thing sometimes I feel sorry for him his previous owner adored him here he will also be the also ran.
Why do people buy cobs I am really not sure.
Ps I have Labradors too they are nothing like cobs apart from the eating thing.
 
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