gable
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Absolutely - mine does prelim and we usually get placed.
Go for it
Go for it
Will our cob be able to do a dressage test?
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Kat
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YES!!!
Our RC dressage is almost always won by a cob. We have a few cobs that do BD too, one of the riding school cobs has points at elementary, and one of the maxi cobs (he looks like a short legged clydesdale) will piaffe as well as doing all the lateral work with more ease than many warmbloods.
It is the most satisfying experience to be placed significantly above the posh horses on a cob and know it is all down to horse and rider talent!
Horse and Rider or Your horse did a feature on unlikely dressage horses the other year and they included a gypsy cob bought for £50, a Fjord, and a clydesdale. The highest level dressage horse I know at the moment is a veteran native pony!
Our RC dressage is almost always won by a cob. We have a few cobs that do BD too, one of the riding school cobs has points at elementary, and one of the maxi cobs (he looks like a short legged clydesdale) will piaffe as well as doing all the lateral work with more ease than many warmbloods.
It is the most satisfying experience to be placed significantly above the posh horses on a cob and know it is all down to horse and rider talent!
Horse and Rider or Your horse did a feature on unlikely dressage horses the other year and they included a gypsy cob bought for £50, a Fjord, and a clydesdale. The highest level dressage horse I know at the moment is a veteran native pony!
DuckToller
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At a local dressage w&t test last year, two fab warmbloods (admittedly both babies) both found it all too much and wouldn't go down to the far end of the arena. Two sweet little ponies did well, but one was bent to the left the whole test, regardless of which rein he was on, and the other barely moved out of a shuffle, and a few others did nice tests but maybe missed a few markers, lost their rhythm etc and lost marks.
Near the end in came a heavy, slightly lazy cob. The rider rode a good, accurate, forward test, every movement was correct, she had to use everything she had (legs, seat, little flick of the whip, even sheer willpower) but she kept a fab rhythm up in every movement and guess what - she won!
Flashy paces don't matter much if you can't use half the school because your horse is spooking! Think tortoise and hare - cobs just keep going in that lovely ground thumping way of theirs and the rider on this one didn't throw away a single mark, she just rode the horse to the best of its ability and racked up the marks by being consistent.
Which test are you doing? Lots of people on here will give you tips etc
Near the end in came a heavy, slightly lazy cob. The rider rode a good, accurate, forward test, every movement was correct, she had to use everything she had (legs, seat, little flick of the whip, even sheer willpower) but she kept a fab rhythm up in every movement and guess what - she won!
Flashy paces don't matter much if you can't use half the school because your horse is spooking! Think tortoise and hare - cobs just keep going in that lovely ground thumping way of theirs and the rider on this one didn't throw away a single mark, she just rode the horse to the best of its ability and racked up the marks by being consistent.
Which test are you doing? Lots of people on here will give you tips etc
Faro
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Why shouldn't you do a dressage test on a cob. They're more than capable of it.
The more people who bring out the "non-warmbloods" to dressage competitions, the better - the world might then eventually begin to see that there's more to dressage than simply having a flashy warmblood.
You know, my horses being Arabs couldn't be further away from being cobs - but believe me, we come across the same kind of stigma in the dressage arena.
I say go for it girl!
The more people who bring out the "non-warmbloods" to dressage competitions, the better - the world might then eventually begin to see that there's more to dressage than simply having a flashy warmblood.
You know, my horses being Arabs couldn't be further away from being cobs - but believe me, we come across the same kind of stigma in the dressage arena.
I say go for it girl!
Theresa_F
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Both the gypsy cobs I have had, have done very well at local dressage which is all I am interested in and often won.
Ditto our old clydesdale and maybe given a bit more schooling, our new clydesdale mare.
Ditto our old clydesdale and maybe given a bit more schooling, our new clydesdale mare.
Spudlet
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I should add, Taz could do a mean leg yield when he had a mind, and he had a damn good go at counter canter and even tried out a flying change for me, bless him
Lucy_Nottingham
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I do prelim and novice on the heavyweight maxi cob at my yard
He always gets lovely comments from the judge on balance and impulsion etc as he tries so hard (and as a reuslt often looks very good esp compared to some finer horses who are pinned into an outline)
We can do leg yields spot on, getting the hang of shoulder in, can do a fab counter canter, and can occasionalyl get a flying change!
Got any pictures of ur cob ridden?
He always gets lovely comments from the judge on balance and impulsion etc as he tries so hard (and as a reuslt often looks very good esp compared to some finer horses who are pinned into an outline)
We can do leg yields spot on, getting the hang of shoulder in, can do a fab counter canter, and can occasionalyl get a flying change!
Got any pictures of ur cob ridden?
Tiffany
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No reason why not - I've seen quite a few cobs in dressage. Go on give it a go