Why do people want to own TBs?

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I will never understand it.

They are perpetually fretting, scatty 'bad doers' with horrendous feet and terrible stable manners.

Every second horse off the track only has three working legs and those fortunate enough to have four normally decide to travel sideways- or backwards- at speed, invariably cannoning into those of us sensible enough to have bought a horse we can control.

I suppose I can understand them being bred to race, but for every day riding surely you'd buy a decent half bred horse, or a talented peppy coblet you could actually ENJOY riding?

Your thoughts?

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cos there is nothing better than sailing through the air over a huge fence knowing that once all for 4 are on the ground you are gonna have bugger all brakes lmao. in all seriousness i have one very wimpy tb who is very sensible and one very tough tb who is a crazed lunatic. they are definatly not all the same
 
MuckyMeech said:
I will never understand it.

They are perpetually fretting, scatty 'bad doers' with horrendous feet and terrible stable manners.

Every second horse off the track only has three working legs and those fortunate enough to have four normally decide to travel sideways- or backwards- at speed, invariably cannoning into those of us sensible enough to have bought a horse we can control.

I suppose I can understand them being bred to race, but for every day riding surely you'd buy a decent half bred horse, or a talented peppy coblet you could actually ENJOY riding?

Your thoughts?

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I supose its because they dont want a lazy sullen pushy, ugly roman nosed hairy horse...!!!!!!
 
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Well Binky, it's like this.... I am poor and could not afford said coblet, so we got a TB. Which turned out to be something of a false economy... :D
 
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.
 
MuckyMeech said:
I will never understand it.

They are perpetually fretting, scatty 'bad doers' with horrendous feet and terrible stable manners.

Every second horse off the track only has three working legs and those fortunate enough to have four normally decide to travel sideways- or backwards- at speed, invariably cannoning into those of us sensible enough to have bought a horse we can control.
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Not to mention the mountains of food they require just to stay alive, which then sends them even more loopy, hundreds of rugs they need as you can't possibly let them get wet, and, letting them live out, forget it!!!:p:D:p
 
skint1 said:
Well Binky, it's like this.... I am poor and could not afford said coblet, so we got a TB. Which turned out to be something of a false economy... :D
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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
 
Ah this is an easy one, it's the fault of handsome vets! :p :D You see if I had cobs I would never get to see the handsome vet on a weekly basis, as it is he's here all the time patching up the wimpy lanky horses! If I had cobs, I would surely miss him very much and he would surely miss my money very much too! :D ;)
 
Absolutely agree with everything that's been said about TBs. But even so.... maybe it's something like the difference between driving a Ferrari or a Land Rover. Not that I know what I'm talking about - I've ridden dozens of TBs, but never touched a Ferrari! But I can dream - and riding a TB (on the good days of course!) is like a dream.
 
faerie666 said:
Not to mention the mountains of food they require just to stay alive, which then sends them even more loopy, hundreds of rugs they need as you can't possibly let them get wet, and, letting them live out, forget it!!!:p:D:p
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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!!!!
 
I had one once, godawful thing lost 2 sets of shoes (IN TWO MONTHS) and shivered like it was dying in Sept! Too much like hard work for me!

Now I have a rumbling jugernaut of a horse, hard as nails and low maintenance :) perfect!
 
I have a TB and she's an absoulte pain in the ar$e, can't have molasses, can't have starch, can't have high protein, can't have carrots, can't have oil, can't have apples, oestress is a nightmare and stops me riding her, anxiety prone, needs rugging all the time, in at night, looses weight at the drop of a hat, soft crappy feet, kicks other horses.
Would defo not buy another Tb, ever.

If I didn't love her, and goodness knows why I do, I'd sell her tomorrow:D.
 
but why wouldn't you want to be spun around in circles while horse is madly bucking because it saw a daisy which it hadn't seen before?
I also enjoy practising my dodging skills with her as i am now very good at avoiding flying bites- great for every day life if you ask me! :D
On a serious note, i love my TB because she is rapid, still going at 19 years old having raced and played polo all her life... she will beat pretty much anything else on the pitch that i play against and has the attitude to go with it... = very good polo pony! :D
 
Don't suit me as a riding horse personally, but I work with them on the ground all day. Work on a stud breeding racehorses, so deal with all ages of them, including the fit racehorses.
They are quirky, and thrive on routine.
But they are certainly not wimps in my opinion, that a generalisation. None of ours wear rugs, and live out most of the year. The yearlings live out all year rugless.
I think it's the owners who make them wimpy, throwing a ton of rugs on them. They can grow winter coats like every horse you know! lol
 
Apart from being broken, and we think that goes way back into his history (humans! Pah :( ), Friend's TB is a star. Good in the stable :)

Other TBs we know are good lads :).

Ah well. Probably not the best day for me to be answering this one :).
 
I can honestly say Ive never met a 'mental' TB. they are kind and loving animals, they are fantastic to look after and they teach us so much. Id go out and buy another tomorrow if I could afford. But then Ill never get another one like Ted.

Lou x
 
Because they're lush ;)
My boy's pretty hardy, we lives out 24/7 rugless in summer (previously on the side of a mountain). He had crappy feet but with a good farrier they're now no higher maintenance than most others.

And they can do most things? Dressage, eventing, show jumping, endurance. You name it. They can usually do it when trained to do so.

He spooks no more than other horses. I don't think they're anymore spooky than other horses - theres usually just less to hang onto when they do spook :p
 
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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Ahhh so what you're saying is that people who don't own tbs are bad riders...? Interesting....

I've seen quite a few tbs in riding schools actually... and ridden them too. I prefer cobs though, I have long legs and like to have a decent size of horse to wrap them around - tbs are too skinny and I find them quite boring looking too. Not very pretty - just all very samey samey.

**retreats to safe distance, having lit blue touch paper** :p
 
My share TBx is so selfish. She decided to get an abscess in her food the day I broke up for Easter. I can't believe that she would be so inconsiderate as to prevent me from riding all Easter. She also requires far too much food, I wish she could just live on the bare minimum like a good old cob.

In all seriousness, she has never had any foot trouble in 20 years (up until now!), she has a fantastic temperment, a lovely character and is a joy. She also isn't a total sissy. I am very glad to have found her :)
 
Oh my god i have just seen this! How to get me going on a Sunday morning!!!

You really should not post things like this as you are only going to make your self look an idiot!

I first fell in love with a TB at a riding school i lernt to ride on him and he was perfect for a novice. I know have a 16hand full TB that has raced past a 5stage vetting and is ridden in a happy mouth hunts does sponc rides which i may point out i often stand looking at other bobs and Wbloods with no control. He works Advanced Med dressage and is more than happy to jump a fence with out taking off afterwoods he is brill xc too. Plus he is the sweetist horse i have ever met with perfect manners.

I also purchased his brother as a two year old stallion i kept him this way and broken him with no issues at 3!!

I think you need to be less general in your views -- all horses with a rider that dose not understand them can be naught nasty no brakes no manners ect horses are what you make them!
 
my tb was the best horse i have ever owned, bred from racing stock but never raced she has manners to burn both in and out of the stable, 100% to hack never ever spooky and has fab feet. She is a superstar and did the most amazing dressage test and worked adv med at home before injury (not her fault) ended her career. She now supervises hairy coblets and baby horses out on their first hacking experiences. i would undoubtedly have another, although just got a WB that is frightened of its own farts! its a complete wet lettuce, give me back a decent TB anyday!
 
Why would anyone want to own TB's

Because they are loyal, intelligent and brave.
Mine is a good doer and needs nothing more that haylage and a bit of alfalfa to carry vitamins, hates rugs and is only forced to wear them when the weather if pretty bad often long after the cobs on the yard are rugged up. He has impeccable stable manners and ridden he is a fun but obedient ride.

We do have the dodgy feet thing which is currently being sorted by taking him barefoot and he is on first name terms with the vet.

Here's what Frankie says to anyone who doesn't like TBs

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