Why do people want to own cobs?

i had a little 15 hand irish cob who was still jumping 1.10m last year at 26. Ps, he was 300 quid- thats probibly a major contributor to why we arent all riding shiny warmbloods covered in bling, wouldnt you say?

PPS. My new horse is a WBx... and he is easier than my cob was- even as a complete baby.
 
Does anybody fancy swapping their cob for my shiny warmblood? I'll even throw in the bling - my throat is still sore from growling at mine so much yesterday. It either won't go or won't stop, I'd much rather ride a nice cob. Providing I wear a bin bag over my head so nobody actually sees me riding it. :D
 
I only mentioned this thread casually in passing on another one a day or so ago and now it's back!

Not sure which camp I'm in though since I have both a cob and a real horse ;)

Should I beg for forgiveness now and swap both for a nice TB? :p ;)
 
Wow.........I came to read the thread but gave up on page 7 when I saw there were 158.......then 173 then 182...............!! JEEZ!!

I have a fat, ugly, hairy, choppy cob and I love him!

Of course he isn't fat, ugly or choppy but each to their own!!

I don't like gangly TB's but I wouldn't advise their owners to send them off for meat just because I prefer a GOOD cob!!

Cobs rule!! :cool::cool:
 
Chaptertwo I can't quote but are you sure you aren't wearing rose tinted glasses when looking at your cob? After all I'm sure the breed definition reads "ugly fat and hairy" maybe you should ask someone with a real horse to look for you? :p ;)

Of my two I'm sure my cob is as described, it's just he's quite stylish about carrying it off. However I'm under no illusions (nor rose tinted glasses) that he is anything other than a cob. ;)
 
tbs nothing but money grabbing b*$£%^*

Warmbloods head sometimes to small... so there not all perfect.

you get the good and bad in all breeds.

i never used to like cobs but a horse is a horse at the end of the day its up to the rider to make it into something else.
 
it depend what people class cobs as... a cob can be anything heavy? you have black and whites, welsh, friesians, highland, dales ect and not all them have stocky kind of heads. welsh 'cobs' can have fine faces with small ears which is not at all cobby, friesian a very popular breed on horse and hound forums they would probley turn more heads then the average warmblood. dont get me wrong you get some stunning warmbloods to but not all cobs are bad as for cobs never getting far, here is a video of a friesian x welsh this small pony is 14.1 and has competed against some of the big showjumping names. so u cant say they never go far. you can now by coloured tbs ect i bet if you go way back in the breeding there would have to be some sort of cobby gene to get the coloured markings.. as tb and warmblood only where solid colours at one point. And many top class riders do take in cobs to sell on because thats what makes there money to keep there grade As and 4* eventer running. im not being nasty just explaining horses are like people not everyone can do the same thing as others but we are all equal at the end of the day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1rrVyLNT2Q
 
swintondesire said:
it depend what people class cobs as... a cob can be anything heavy? you have black and whites, welsh, friesians, highland, dales ect and not all them have stocky kind of heads. welsh 'cobs' can have fine faces with small ears which is not at all cobby, friesian a very popular breed on horse and hound forums they would probley turn more heads then the average warmblood. dont get me wrong you get some stunning warmbloods to but not all cobs are bad as for cobs never getting far, here is a video of a friesian x welsh this small pony is 14.1 and has competed against some of the big showjumping names. so u cant say they never go far. you can now by coloured tbs ect i bet if you go way back in the breeding there would have to be some sort of cobby gene to get the coloured markings.. as tb and warmblood only where solid colours at one point. And many top class riders do take in cobs to sell on because thats what makes there money to keep there grade As and 4* eventer running. im not being nasty just explaining horses are like people not everyone can do the same thing as others but we are all equal at the end of the day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1rrVyLNT2Q
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Well the coloured gene is in every horse regardless of whether it's a cob or not. I'm wondering how long it will take you to realise this is a joke thread...
 
I cant believe anyone would want a warmblood. Difficult to handle, cant go barefoot etc etc *tongue in cheek!* wouldnt swop my cob for anything!
 
ridefast said:
Well the coloured gene is in every horse regardless of whether it's a cob or not. I'm wondering how long it will take you to realise this is a joke thread...
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oh haha. only looked to page 4 or something seen there was 180 odd pages.. thought im not reading all them. i would have to give up sleep for the next few days!! :D
 
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