Why do people want to own TBs?

and i have to point out another thing my baby tb lived out all year and was only fed haylage up until he was broken. my 16hander is fed on nuts and alfa with haylage thats it.
 
i have owned exracers all my life,wouldnt have anything else.each one has been different to ride and each one has taught me so much.fantastic horses that give their all and are a lot hardier than you think
 
Lol just for the record for people not familar with the other post.....this wasn't actually posted as 'serious'....just a tongue in cheek version as a joke from the cob thread lol.

Not serious insults to TB's or cobs...you know we all love 'em really!


Now shetlands on the other hand.....!

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LOL. :p
 
Not just Shetlands but ponies generally...they'll learn ya some things! ;D

A guy I used to know on another forum had this to say:
A TB will kick you and then run away, A pony will kick you, laugh and steal your wallet"
which I thought was a very accurate summation.
 
skint1 said:
Not just Shetlands but ponies generally...they'll learn ya some things! ;D

A guy I used to know on another forum had this to say:
A TB will kick you and then run away, A pony will kick you, laugh and steal your wallet"
which I thought was a very accurate summation.
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pmsl!!!! XD
 
Well as I said before on the other thread.

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in all seriousness. Who would you rather have to spend 2 hours with each day.

Paris or Rusty.

Its a no brainer really. :D
 
Minxie said:
Well as I said before on the other thread.

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in all seriousness. Who would you rather have to spend 2 hours with each day.

Paris or Rusty.

Its a no brainer really. :D
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LMFAO.

I own a Paris. [But with a Rusty attitude if that makes it better!].

Hmm....could Rusty be swapped for Ackles or McMahon?
:D
 
Another TB lover here- infact I always seem to end up with them! When I used to ride at riding schools, I always ended up on them as no one else could or would ride them and even my loan horse now, Hattie is a TB. I just can't get on with cobs myself :D but give me my good doer Hattie who lives out 24/7 and that has good feet anytime! ;)
 
LadyRascasse said:
you obviously haven't met my lad then who would love nothing more than to live out naked being a happy little mud monster. oh and he is naked at the moment (only occasionally in a rainsheet to stop him being a mud monster when he is required for exercise) is living on thin air and is most definatly not loopy. lets face it he is a cob in a tb's body!!!!
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Please don't tell me this post is going to be full of people who take it seriously!:rolleyes:
It was clearly posted in response to the cob one, and I thought us TB owners could show that we have a sense of humour about our breed stereotype.:D

For what it's worth, my 16yo TB ex-racer lived out all winter with one rug on (yes, even when it was -16), with ad lib haylage and one small feed a day.:)
He's also one of the safest horses on and off the road I've ever ridden, and very mannerly in the stable. A small child could handle him. :)
Oh, and he's been barefoot for about 6 months now, and his feet just keep getting better.:p
 
Because they can do this
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and this allrounder hunter/ showing when I was very young.
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They can help make these
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and they have there own colour Happy Easter
 
hm. Because my TB was actually sane - unlike my old Arab! ;-)

yes, the food bills were huge, he lost shoes (one within 10 mins of being shod!), he had awful hooves, was a nightmare to keep weight on, and could never be allowed to canter with other horses BUT
he could be clipped, shod, injected, wormed etc all without a headcollar on, so soft a 6 year old rode him, it had the biggest jump ever, and never stopped or refused

plus, the bonus of havin an ex steeplechaser and being nervous jumping? Point, hold on, and shut your eyes!
 
I knew this post was coming.

Every horse is individual, just the way I like them :)

Rather like TB crosses.
 
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Also because with my tb I know what he is going to do when he is norty, he'll snot and flick his head and possibly leap sideways. Then forget that the plastic bag was going to eat him and hack along like a donkey.

Cobs on the other hand would walk though a mine field, then decided that it was supper time, set their necks, drop a shoulder and take you home to feed them (at 50mph).

Nb: He's also barefoot and costs me £6 a month in hard feed :P
 
uh oh, well its because mine is one of those slightly 'special' TB who is a little silly. You can usually spot us goin a hundred miles an hour backwards!!!!
I have a WB, a CB x TB and TB's, and guess what, SJ at summerhouse i fell off a cob twice and the CB x TB once, the TB however managed to jump without depositing me onto the floor!!!! (not sure how though, think someone doped him! hehe)

the only horse to ever bolt with me was a 28yr old Black cob! dutch gag on the bottom rein and i had no chance.
Anyway love my TB's (today anyway)
 
dressager said:
Unlike cobs I think TBs require a certain type of quiet rider with a very good seat to get the best out of. I love TBs, they're intelligent and learn quickly, are usually very comfortable to sit to (even my friend's 17hh medium level TB was easier to sit to than some 16hh WBs I've ridden). They will try their heart out once you've built up a relationship, and its always funny to see a new person get on someone elses TB that appears easy to ride, yet they can't get a thing out of it and then label it as scatty. Hence why you're unlikely to see a TB in a riding school! Cobs (in general) will take whatever or whoever is put on them, TBs actually need a decent rider most of the time. Once you can control the energy with sympathetic riding you hardly need aids, it is very intuitive riding. Some people are natural TB people and others aren't.

There are TBs competing in all disciplines, top level eventing, affiliated dressage and jumping with the best of them. I have come across quite a few talented ex-racers who are doing well with good amateur riders (not to mention PrincessSparkles' lovely 5 yo)

P.S I am really generalising here with soley my own experience of cobs and TBs. I know you can get forwards thinking cobs but a forwards thinking TB is a whole different ball game and in my experience would freak out a lot of riders.

P.P.S I also know this is another tongue in cheek post but I still have an opinion on it hehe.
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That's not much of a generalisation then is it haha? It doesn't matter what breed your horse is, if you have a strong bond the horse is always going to work hard for you. Maybe you just never 'connected' with the cobs that you rode! As said previously, your generalisation suggests that cob owners can't ride as well as tb riders!

In my generalised opinion;

there are TBs in riding schools but cobs (on some occasions) work out cheaper for the riding schools than TBs. My riding school was mainly cobs / heinz 57s and ex-eventers. The ex-eventers tended to be more prone to lameness although to be fair - wasn't the best riding school.
 
Binky01 said:
Lmao.

Hmm well one welsh cob {which face it, is a tb in a cob body as far as they're concernced!!lmao]....one hairy....and one TB of my own.

So I'm therefore a worthless hypocrite now XD
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Welsh cobs are a world of their own. Makes me laugh when the books say suitable childrens pony wa ha ha ha ha. My welsh cob used to be worse to handle that my tb. Never known someone to spook and jog so much.

As for why I wouldnt want to own a TB (I have done and I dont miss him in the winter) the rugs, I cant cope with all the rugs. One year I was a bit skint so I made a underrug out of a duvet to keep him warm haha.
 
But at least I knew if my TB was in pain or hurt himself. He used to come over and dangle is leg in front of me or pretend it was the end of the world and he couldnt stand up. Yet if I hid in the field next door he was walking round fine until he saw me. Such a mummys boy.
 
As an owner of a TB, and on to my 2nd.... I am asking the very same questions, however my current TB has good feet (in comparason to my last one - which doesn't say much!) is not too bad at keeping her weight as long as she keeps eating ( and is currently loving "full fat" sugarbeet, hifi and economy cubes and adlib haylage), does currently have four working legs and seems to be encouraging her laid back attitude to life (she is currently so laid back she is horizontal). She is a totally lovely person and I wouldn't swap her
 
i love my TB...they're hard work but i love doing the hard work. i never thought i'd end up with one but i have and i'm enjoying it. we give everything a go.

you only get out what you put in. i don't care what breed the ned is, as long as they're pretty and have good manners that's all that matters hehe :)
 
Why?? Oh goodness, who knows? Maybe it's because we like our horses half dead one second and dancing and snorting the next because they heard someone on an aeroplane above dropping a plastic cup on a carpet? Perhaps it's because you can breed them with most other breeds to dilute that pesky "sensible gene"? Or maybe it's because we all secretly love seeing the Vet and Farrier as much as possible?

I have 2 3/4 of my own, supid stupid girl......
 
I think between us, the TB mares belonging to my friend and I have probably funded some stonking holidays for our lovely vets. I bet they have their own ring tone for us, "Cha-ching!:D"
 
For one thing - aren't you generalising that all TBs are exracers? My TB mare has never raced as have a lot of other full TBs.
I have a TB mare that although rugged, would quite happily live out all the time (and I'm hoping to be able to let her this year) and is barefoot and coping. Although she is retired she had no shoes on when she was still working and hacked out on stones/soft with no problems just took a couple of weeks for them to harden up when they first came off and then she was fine. She is only rugged because she is a bit older and feels the cold more than she did when she was younger. She only gets a bit of food, and hay as well as grazing all day and although she does drop weight quickly if you don't keep an eye on her she is looking the best she ever has done this winter and I'm increadibly proud of how she looks.
She was my first horse and taught me a lot. We now have a beautiful foal from her who I will teach thanks to her and they both have homes for life. While TBs might be flighty/jumpy and whatever other stereotype you want to put on them, I love them - even work with retired racers - and I would never turn one down just because of its breed. My other mare is half TB and yes she has the stupid side, but I wouldn't have her any other way.
TBs are a wonderful loving breed, and why wouldn't you want one?
 
Cob or TB?? Oh I have given all of 2 seconds thought to this......TB anytime!
Nearly every TB we get has foot problems for the first year until it gets used to our yard (cobbled) and Farrier (V good) but thereafter all is fine. There is a cob up the road who has not been ridden for 3 years cos of bad feet.......
Each year I would out winter at least two TB's - this year one without a rug - guess what it grew a coat as thick as any cob could.....
To ride, no comparison, sorry!
 
I have an ex racer and love him to bits :D

He's a good doer, has been barefoot for 18 months and is doing brilliantly. I ride him bitless and he's the easiest horse, control wise, that I've ever ridden :). He's got the most beautiful dainty face.... and looks like an overgrown fluffy shetland in his winter coat !

....and sometimes he likes to go backwards just coz he can....... :D
 
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cause they are soooo pretty :)

They can be the maddest of creatures - spooking when a bird has looked at him the wrong way or deciding that a jcb holds no fears but a crisp packet is a matter of life and death :) For me personally my riding has come on since getting my chestnut as he has needed me to ride properly in order for him get better - the result of this was qualification to ponies uk and the ex racer finals - something I have never done on any horse before. Yes he has dumped me more times than I care to remember but the fact that he will try is heart out for over my first 1.25m course with me with my eyes shut means more to me than anything . I write a for sale ad for him practically every week but when all is said and done he has been part of so many firsts for me - I don't think he will be going anywhere anytime soon :) So much so I have a 3 year old tb who looks like he will be just a good as his big bro if not better (ridiculously confident for a 3 year old ) Don't get me wrong I love coblets to bits - I have them on loan in the past and I ride them sometimes in my job as hack leader - but tbs have got under my skin and in my bank balance and I haven't found a remedy so far !!! :)
 
Having only ever met 1 insane TB, and met 6 or 7 really quiet ones, I'd go with because they are lovely, bold, full of character (which believe it or not can be a good thing), occasionally cocky but full of love.
 
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