where to buy baby cobs!!

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redfoxylady

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Just a dream I think! I would love to get a youngster cobby. Nearly brought one earlier in the year but could not secure a paddock near enough to where my horse is stabled. Ideally I would like an Irish cob type with not too much feather, possibly a traditional but would like it to grow to about 15.3h.(not sure they reach this height usually?)
I like the section D but have been put off as they always seem to be very forward going and adverts usually say 'not for novice'.
generally I would like a level headed, calm boy that likes cuddles.
Has anyone ever seen a youngster in a field, found owner and brought it?
We saw some today (about 30) where my husband goes fishing, they were all a bit nervous and walked away except one, he enjoyed a good scratch and stroke. He had his eyes half closed and really enjoyed his chest being stroked. when I stopped stroking him he moved towards me wrapped his head around me and groomed my thigh!! :D My husband had to drag me away.
My husband saw a family come to them once and he thinks they are probably travellers, so has anyone approached a traveller before to buy?
All hypothetical questions of course. budget of only about £500-£800.
 
Have got cobs from travellers -- both mine are, as are most of the horses I deal with.
Approach confidently, offer a stupidly low amount. If it's a colt they're likely to let you buy it, but will counter with a stupidly high amount, etc ... Be prepared to walk away with a horse in tow :p
 
If you could afford the transport cost, my local meat-yard sadly has dozens this time of year. :( It's just SO expensive to get them to the UK. The price of horses has fallen here. There was a stunning Fjord gelding at the market last week, ride and drive, for £700. Foals and youngsters are cheap too. It's just the lorry to the UK which is so much money!

The economy is cr*p. Wish I could buy more and find them homes in the UK. Anyone want to drive out with a lorry? :rolleyes:
 
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Have got cobs from travellers -- both mine are, as are most of the horses I deal with.
Approach confidently, offer a stupidly low amount. If it's a colt they're likely to let you buy it, but will counter with a stupidly high amount, etc ... Be prepared to walk away with a horse in tow :p
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thats sounds promising then, I have just been searching and thought that my budget would be too low, as you have experiance:p could you confirm for me the average height that they reach? I was wondering what the setup was at this field as they did all seem to be colts, couldnt see any fillies and couldnt see the dam or sire, I thought that the stallion often ran out with the mares 24/7 so would they have been in another field and the fillies seperated?
When you say that this is the type that you deal with, does that mean that you would have access to purchasing them? thanks :)
 
The average going rate for a colt is under £200.. filly will be more, around £500
Bare in mind that if you choose a colt, you have to pay for him to be gelded, which would be around £200, so maybe better with a filly, although they are more temperamental, where as a colt, once gelded is a lot quieter:)
 
redfoxylady said:
thats sounds promising then, I have just been searching and thought that my budget would be too low, as you have experiance:p could you confirm for me the average height that they reach? I was wondering what the setup was at this field as they did all seem to be colts, couldnt see any fillies and couldnt see the dam or sire, I thought that the stallion often ran out with the mares 24/7 so would they have been in another field and the fillies seperated?
When you say that this is the type that you deal with, does that mean that you would have access to purchasing them? thanks :)
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They'll have been split up already; mares & fillies with the stalltion, colts all together ... // your budget will be fine for most places, though the travellers can have an inflated impression of their ponies' value!! Haggling is important, but you generally get very sane, hardly, robust beasties!
Height wise they can be anything -- I have a 16hh and a few 13hh (!), but you can usually tell from the foal if it's to be big or little ... Whatever the size, they tend to be rideable by adults as take up the leg very well.
Currently have one filly that's come with her dam as a rescue froma nearby gypsy site -- not yet weaned, black, gorgeous ;) ... Keeping mum!!!
 
Whereabouts are you? Myself and Sooty bought 8 month old boys (uncastrated) from a dealer in Wiltshire and they were both gorgeous. He still sells baby coblets from time to time and they are usually up for sale for £495. He will deliver too, for a charge.
 
Dark Storm said:
The average going rate for a colt is under £200.. filly will be more, around £500
Bare in mind that if you choose a colt, you have to pay for him to be gelded, which would be around £200, so maybe better with a filly, although they are more temperamental, where as a colt, once gelded is a lot quieter:)
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Don't know many gypsies who let go of decent horses for that price! The weaker ones maybe, but at our local sales they pay high prices amongst themselves ...
 
The one's I refer to arn't gipsy cobs, just cob types, colts being surplus to requirements have been going for under £200 where I live, as the interest is in the filly's
 
have saved driving dragons as a favourite, thanks
was starting to think that I will not have the budget for anything over 15h as they seem to be over £1,250. 14.3-15h will maybe be big enough. looking for him to eventually be a hacking companion (for family to ride) out with my gelding. what age do they generally reach thier adult height? and if bum high, do you measure to that? the black filly does sound nice, any chance of any pics and approx height at maturity? (sorry, just seen, 14h, will be too small.
 
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Whereabouts are you? Myself and Sooty bought 8 month old boys (uncastrated) from a dealer in Wiltshire and they were both gorgeous. He still sells baby coblets from time to time and they are usually up for sale for £495. He will deliver too, for a charge.
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this is probably the same place that I saw the cob earlier in the year, he was a blue with a white blaze around 9mths and gorgeous.
I had to go on holiday and he was sold before I got back.
what type did you guys get? are you pleased with your boys? and pics of course. How do you suppose a dealer sells for that price? I think he said that they come from Wales?
PS. I am in hants bordering surrey.
 
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Most cobs don't finish growing until they're about 6 - 7 ish ... How tall are you?
Filly in my signature is 6 month old, already weaned ... The one I mentioned in my post is about 4 month old. Mum is 15hh ;)

This is her - Raggs!
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.. I don't normally ride small horses, but since getting into cobs, the one I bought for myself is barely 14.2hh and rides as tall as my 16hh mare ... Often you do need to see the parents to get more accurate guesstimate of height BUT local sales are brimming over with young freshly weaned coblets at this time of the year. Or if you can wait until next year, Appleby is always good for a bargain. Picked up a beauuuuutiful 3 yo mare there last year for a song :).
 
oh my, what a beauty, love the peardrop shaped star on her forehead, would she be black or turn bay do you think? any pics of mum to add for temptation?
suppose I should stick to a gelding as hoping that the youngster can go in with my other boy eventually, not sure he likes girls as he puts his ears back sometimes and nips their bums (really strange as he is the most docile boy ever normally). I am 5ft 5 and weigh 10st, daughter is 5ft 9 10st 7.
my current horse is 16.3h but would like something which is a good doer so I can afford the keep of 2 horses!
 
My boy lives on air ... My mare on the other does dd, drop weight easily

-- This is mum -- she was in terrible condition when she arrive but such a lovely spark in her eye. She's been used for trotting. It wrecks their legs :(. She arrived with matted feathers - surprisingly lots of feather - underweight, neglected, worm burden :( :(
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--- filly will be very dark bay I think, possibly black.
Have three that look like her at the moment: two from this year, and one 2 yo that's here for life ;) The 2 yo is a good example as went through all colours and ended up really dark bay.
 
I think he's dropped his prices because of the credit crunch in all honesty. I paid £950 for Ludo 3 years ago!!! And got this little scrap...

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He was kept in check by my 15hh non-nonsense mare: (Little and Large :p)

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He had been advertised as "to make 15.2" but was only 12.1 when I got him (sooo naive, never had a youngster before :rolleyes:) At two he was just scraping 13.2 and I sadly realised he would never reach the height I needed so I sold him on... this is the day he went:

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I learned a heck of a lot though, from that little fella... he had SUCH a character! I now wish I'd kept him and broken him to drive.... *sigh*

Anyway, Sooty's boy is a coloured and at 3 now measures around 15.2 so he's doing really well.
 
Where are you?

I know of someone who buys in cob foals, sticks them in a field then has a sale once a year. They either sell or they dont, if they dont he keeps them another year.

I dont think he has had a sale this year, probably the current state of the market. Last time I saw he had around 160 on the place.

Its not for the faint hearted though. He will either sell at the sale or just send you off down the fields to look. Many are not handled and you dont know which is which. They will run a few into the yard for you to have a closer look at though.

You can get a bargain or you could end up with anything. I would only recommend it to experienced people.

If you ask the guy will probably say they are all broken in, his idea of this is being able to put a headcollar on in the cattle crush.

Not a good set up but usually lots of baby cobs :rolleyes:
 
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