cob type?

[No_Angel]

when an advert says 'cob type' what exactly do they mean?
is it a cob? or a lightweight horse with short legs and big body?

anybody got a 'cob type'? pictures if you have please:D

another thing- is this a cob type?
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b242/madams_walk/razzandme2.jpg

[Mehitabel]

it basically means a cob, but is disctinct from the show cob, which is 15.1hh, and shown hogged and with clipped legs. i wouldn't call that pony a cob type - it has feather, but isn't really stocky enough.

these two are cob types.

http://historicalfact.com/~es/horses/showing/cobtype_definition.html

[nutkin]

I would call it a lightweight cob type because it has feather. If it didn't grow feather then I would not call it cob type.

[No_Angel]

to me, those horses are cobs, and the clipped and hogged type are show cobs.
so murf (http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b242/madams_walk/murf1resized.jpg) would be classed as a cob type, and not a hw cob?

[Mehitabel]

it is essentially the same thing - if you have two identical horses and one is 15.2 and the other is 15.1, the bigger one is 'cob type' because it can't be a 'show cob'. cob and cob type are exactly the same thing in terms of the horse's build, there is just the distinction as to whether it can show as a cob or not. it's not just on feather, either - a lot of natives have huge feathers and are not cob type - it's build and size.

[No_Angel]

arhhh.
well murf ( above in pic) could be hogged and clipped and be a show cob as he is 15.1.
the one we are going to see is 15 hands and advertised as a cob type.

[nicolaj]

My boy is a 'cob type', he is 15.3hh approx.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/tontohorseypics/Onyardmarch2006.jpg

I also think people call horses cobs that don't really fall into any other category, bit of a catch all!

[Vicki&Milo]

it basically means a cob, but is disctinct from the show cob, which is 15.1hh, and shown hogged and with clipped legs. i wouldn't call that pony a cob type - it has feather, but isn't really stocky enough.

these two are cob types.

http://historicalfact.com/~es/horses/showing/cobtype_definition.html

Glad you put that link on, I got proper confused there-thought show cobs had to be exacly 15.1hh for a short while!! Have sorted out my blondeness now!!

[peeweesgal]

To me, a native fanatic (sp), a cob type is a welsh section C and other ponies/horses that have the same build as a section C.

Sarah
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[jowyles]

In that picture murf looks just like my dexter!!! I would have always said dexter wouldnt fit in as a cob because he is a shire x but now i guess that he could.