A friend of mine has recently bought a beautiful cob. Her unpredictable sport horse type has damaged her confidence.The new horse is great. He's exactly what the owner wanted and both owner and horse are happy. I've been surprised by the attitude of some people towards the new horse, people I thought would be more down to earth. Basically they think that cobs are lesser animals than horses with a lot of tb blood. I've heard a similar (strongly expressed) opinion about another friend's safe and sane cob that she hunts. If either of these riders were aiming towards Badminton I'd understand but they are just enjoying their horses, like 99% of the horse riding population. I rode as a child and then stopped for years until I took it up again a few years ago. I never came across this attitude back then, although that may have been because I was in a riding school that had lots of cobs:) Anyone else experienced this and been surprised/ annoyed by it? Is it a common view among horsy types?
07-14-2018, 02:49 AM
Snobbery towards cobs
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