Why do people want to own cobs?

Orca said:
Joking aside, I've been watching and re-watching to try to work out what's going on. That cob is not happy!
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cinnamontoast said:
It's getting faster and faster coming down the hill, was there a saddle slipping comment? It hesitates before going into canter then seems to lose balance.
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cornbrodolly said:
Am I the only one who sees a very nervous young cob who is very unhappy at being rdden? bet you he had tack thrown on and ridden out without much schooling .
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You aren't the only one. I agree that some of the comments on fb are shocking and lacking compassion for the poor hairy beast.


gothdolly said:
Orca he's a double of mine! That's a brilliant photo too. And yes, I have never seen any horse belly flop either, though I wonder if he just lost balence with a large rider going over his neck? Also I wonder what has happened to the cob to induce this behaviour....would love to know the back story to this incident.
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It looks to me like the rider is sawing to try to brake but cobby, scared and unbalanced, runs into canter, rider is big for him, the balance (or lack of) and heavy handedness scare cobby and off he goes. He looks like an unbroken (or barely backed) boy, who is scared and confused, to me.

I can't believe the calls to have him shot on fb, along with the hollars that he is mean and intentionally trod on his riders head. As soon as he realised the rider was under him, he took evasive action and tried *not* to tread on him. I've been attacked by a horse before - this wasn't an intentional stomp.
 
Disturbing video. Horse looks to be fleeing in terror. It wouldn't surprise me if he hadn't even had a rider on before that debacle. Just shows you how the ignorant can turn anything into anything even when the video evidence is staring them in the face.
 
I don't believe he belly flopped on purpose, it looks and sounds as though he slipped on the grass.

There were comments under the original video re: checking his teeth and saddle which was nice... Until I got to the few that said to put a bullet between his eyes.

I'm sure it will be shipped over here, to a novice owner as a bombproof child's second pony.
 
I've watched the video several times, poor cob looks petrified and is slipping dreadfully on the road whilst having his mouth sawed at. He tries to jump the bucket but has his head hoicked to the left violently and slips on landing on the grass.
Athletic little chap!
 
cornbrodolly said:
Apologies to 'cinnamontoast'= I meant to add facebook link , not your eply - I was in no way commenting on your words! However, I was upset at the comments under the facebook link re the young horse - suggesting it needed a bullet , or the moronic hahahah s etc, no one questioned why the horse behaved as it did.
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No worries.

I think the bit about having tack shoved on and expecting it to go is about right. I gather mine was backed, apparently normal over there according to a horse agent I know, by having tack chucked on and being hunted in straight lines.
 
Essentially this is why cobs are so amazing because many of them will have ridiculous starts such as this one, and will end up not only living to tell the tale, but being bombproof and forgiving of the start they had too.

If that was a TB it would have got an ulcer and a knackered suspensory from that manoever not got up sound to continue wreaking havoc.

I do hope that one gets a decent home.
 
FrankieCob said:
I'm a girl who should have a fat arse being pretty fat, but I'm all boobs and belly! Do I still count :lol:
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Sorry no, You dont qualify for a cob.You might be permitted a Dutch dumb blood (though to be honest if that was the only choice of horse ,I would give up)
 
FrankieCob said:
I'm a girl who should have a fat arse being pretty fat, but I'm all boobs and belly! Do I still count :lol:
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I reckon a cob with a cooks backside would even out the centre of gravity for you rather nicely :)...

It worked for me :D
 
Beausmate said:
The hair on the common cob (and they are common-no class whatsoever) is crafted from the hoof trimmings of Satan himself.

If you are unlucky enough to have to attempt to clip one of the fat, hairy slugs, you will be faced with a thick coat that seems to consist of wire wool and possessed of magical properties, that turn it into soft, fluffy down. This enables the evil substance to silently drift along until it hits you, whereupon it turns back into serrated-edged wire clippings and embeds itself in your face, neck and wrists. This is to distract you from the fat slug crashing out through the stable wall, and off into the field (through the fence) for a wallow and a good face-stuffing.

All cobs must be hunted down and peeled, if we are to ever end this scourge.
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This made me laugh. My boy's only got a smidgeon of cob in him but he has the hair as described (I was clipping his hairy fetlocks with a brand new set of blades the other day and they went blunt after only three legs!!!) PLUS he grows a walrus moustache and a cob-like wayward mane, if he was chunkier I'd actually consider hogging him but he's too pretty to hog !
 
tallyho! said:
I reckon a cob with a cooks backside would even out the centre of gravity for you rather nicely :)...

It worked for me :D
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He has the cooks backside and then some :lol: Hes also super awesome and lugs me and my fat arse about with never a moments issue or complaint. His legs are shorter than mine and I'm only 5ft6, but luckily the legs are also much more substantial than mine :lol:
 
Deltaflyer said:
This made me laugh. My boy's only got a smidgeon of cob in him but he has the hair as described (I was clipping his hairy fetlocks with a brand new set of blades the other day and they went blunt after only three legs!!!) PLUS he grows a walrus moustache and a cob-like wayward mane, if he was chunkier I'd actually consider hogging him but he's too pretty to hog !
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Eeewwww! A tash??!! You poor thing.
 
FrankieCob said:
He has the cooks backside and then some :lol: Hes also super awesome and lugs me and my fat arse about with never a moments issue or complaint. His legs are shorter than mine and I'm only 5ft6, but luckily the legs are also much more substantial than mine :lol:
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I thought you said you didn't have a fat arse?

Look, you can't have everything!
 
tallyho! said:
Eeewwww! A tash??!! You poor thing.
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Yep, when we go through the water jump at home he likes to dunk his nose and them manages to get blanket weed caught in his tash - bless him. He's actually tash-less at the mo as I shaved him for our ODE we did yesterday so he looks all tidy and elegant :)
 
Deltaflyer said:
Yep, when we go through the water jump at home he likes to dunk his nose and them manages to get blanket weed caught in his tash - bless him. He's actually tash-less at the mo as I shaved him for our ODE we did yesterday so he looks all tidy and elegant :)
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It'll only grow back twice as thick you know :p
 
tallyho! said:
I thought you said you didn't have a fat arse?

Look, you can't have everything!
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Its not as fat as it should be considering what a heifer I am! I'm like a weeble, all my fat is round my middle. Works well for short backed cobs and small saddles, but doesnt make me an attractive human being and its still a fat arse compared to most people :lol:
 
FrankieCob said:
Its not as fat as it should be considering what a heifer I am! I'm like a weeble, all my fat is round my middle.
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And mine... my thighs are just like barrells I tell you... could try giving "barrell racing" a new meaning with an injection of thighs, bottoms and feathers.
 
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