Why do people want to own cobs?

tallyho! said:
Oh dear, what shall we do with this one.... ? :D
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HHO bell of shame, maybe?

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See, not just me ;)

Donkeys have such freely flowing paces that mine could beat any fancy pancy warmblood in dressage, and Jack jumped (clambered) over a gate to get to my neighbours mares once. So he has plenty of scope for showjumping!
His massive ears are so long you probably wouldn't need reins for steering if you were to ride him, cheaper than buying reins ;)
 
KellyJoArnold said:
See, not just me ;)

Donkeys have such freely flowing paces that mine could beat any fancy pancy warmblood in dressage, and Jack jumped (clambered) over a gate to get to my neighbours mares once. So he has plenty of scope for showjumping!
His massive ears are so long you probably wouldn't need reins for steering if you were to ride him, cheaper than buying reins ;)
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Lol..my Ned had an amazing turn of speed and surprising jumping ability when the neighbours (neigh he he ) was in season..must have had a great nose as she lived over half a mile away :D or maybe he heard her calling with those big Beautiful ears ..
 
Shilasdair said:
I will never understand it.
They are fat, lazy, hairier than Bigfoot, and usually bad tempered.
Their paces are so stilted, that they look as though they've had their legs tied together, which gives the rider a nasty jolty ride.
I suppose I can understand riding schools having them, for the scaredy novices, but once you can rise to the trot, surely you'd buy a decent blood horse, or at least a Warmblood?
Your thoughts?
S :D
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They are not all lazy go and watch the show cobs some of those have a lot of get up and go.
 
Jack managed to jump two gateways (only way he could have gotten onto the lane)
I went to get the donkey in and he wasn't there! Panicked and ran down the lane, phoned dad, found Jack in the gateway of my neighbours field, with no headcollar on, and neighbour trying to put a leadrope round his neck! While said donkey was braying to neighbours warmblood...

I jokingly said it would 'make a nice mule' .. he didn't find it funny! Lol!
 
Shilasdair said:
I will never understand it.
They are fat, lazy, hairier than Bigfoot, and usually bad tempered.
Their paces are so stilted, that they look as though they've had their legs tied together, which gives the rider a nasty jolty ride.
I suppose I can understand riding schools having them, for the scaredy novices, but once you can rise to the trot, surely you'd buy a decent blood horse, or at least a Warmblood?
Your thoughts?
S :D
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'Fraid I haven't read all... 178? pages of this thread (hah!), but I think you're meeting the wrong kinda cobs ;) I'll admit my cob fits into the "fat" category (which we're working on!) as well as the hairy category, but the rest is well off the mark. He's forward going (if you were to put your leg on you'd be off into the sunset :D ), constantly complimented on his manners and temperament, always tracks up if not over-reaches and has a real rocking horse canter, he can (not always) be spooky, strong, sharp, and he's by no means a novice ride, he's enthusiastic about his work, loves nothing more than a good blast (and he's got a surprising burst of speed to him!) and gets excited over the thought of popping a jump. He wants to please, he thrives off having fun or different things to do, he's cheap to keep, hardy, doesn't need the vet every couple of weeks, is a fab all rounder and never fails to make me laugh. His paces are pleasant, but aren't "slow-mo" like a 17hh beast, which IMO is more fun to ride.

Not sure what's not to like if I'm honest :)
 
I can see that if someone has never ridden proper horses, they might mistakenly think a cob that occasionally breaks into a (no doubt) disunited canter is a forwards ride, or pleasant. But don't worry, once you've tried a proper horse, you'll be able to see the difference.
Proper horse= good to ride to hounds.
Cob= good to feed to hounds.
 
littlelegs said:
I can see that if someone has never ridden proper horses, they might mistakenly think a cob that occasionally breaks into a (no doubt) disunited canter is a forwards ride, or pleasant. But don't worry, once you've tried a proper horse, you'll be able to see the difference.
Proper horse= good to ride to hounds.
Cob= good to feed to hounds.
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I do love this generalisation of the term "cob". I feel the likes of Lynn Russell, Jayne Webber and Kirsteen Douglas who won the cob championship at HOYS last Saturday would split their sides if they heard your cob generalisation. The type of cobs they produce are never purchased "on a budget" so feeding them willy nilly to hounds would be a bit of a waste.

I like TBs but you can keep your average warmblood - would choose my cob (yes you can hunt cobs amazingly) any day over them.

I notice it is getting quite close to Halloween - resurrection of old threads time......

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