rug sizes for cobs

[redhead123]

My folks are coming down to visit my horse for the first time - they live up near Robinsons and have asked if i need owt (hmm..the entire catalogue! ) but mainly a new stable rug would be nice!!!

anyway..trouble is i won't get to see my boy til the weekend, they're going to robinsons 2m, but am not sure what his rug size is - cos I bought him with rugs so never bothered measuring!

So just wondering for those who have a 14.2 heavyweight is cob what size of rug you have??? I think someone told me his is 6"3 but this is guesswork..that seems quite big!

 

[Daffy Dilly]

My 14.2 is in a 6'3, and he is not a heavyweight, although he is stocky.

 

[joey_olop]

My 14.2hh is in a 5ft9 but he is quite narrow for a cob. My other girlie is 14hh & she takes a 5ft6 & she is wide

They do vary & I find Robinsons own-brand rugs do come up quite small

 

[Gruntfuttock]

Would it be too cheeky to phone up the YO and ask her to measure one of your rugs for you? I know it seems a bit mad and she might think you are demented for doing it, esp as you are new to the yard , but it would be worth it. It would be such a shame if your folks turned up with a lovely new rug for the boy and it didn't fit him !

6'3 sounds quite big for a 14.2hh cob - the Big Horse I rode at the RS was in a 6'9 rug and he is 17hh of long-backed WB.

 

[Hero]

Hero, my 14.hh middle weight cob ( click link on my signature to see him ) he is 5'9 to 6'9 <--- Mad isn't it? But it has to be big or it doesn't fit round his chest!

 

[Gimp]

Hero, my 14.hh middle weight cob ( click link on my signature to see him ) he is 5'9 to 6'9 <--- Mad isn't it? But it has to be big or it doesn't fit round his chest!

That the problem I have with Kai he is wide but short!!

 

[Squeak]

Our 14h cob wears a 5ft 6 rug. He is quite chunky (I keep telling people he is NOT FAT!!)

 

[redhead123]

He is quite wide and long..but maybe I should wait and hold off! I can always sew his turn out rug (shudder!) What's it cost for a cheapish stable rug these days anyhow??

 

[cariadbach10]

Echo that about robinsons rugs being small.
I ordered a 5 9 for my welshie (14.3) and it was too long in the back and too small in the chest!
I was gutted! Couldn't be bothered to send it back so flogged it to someone else on yard for a tenner less than i paid for it!

 

[Floob]

My boy 15.1hh MW takes a 6ft3 rug. I knew a 14.1hh highland pony who took a 6ft3 as well.

 

[rtk]

My smallest rug size for cobs is 6.3", one takes a 6'9" I use Masta as they fit cobs well

 

[vonandiz]

My share is a 14.3 HW Clydesdale X and she has a 6ft3.

 

[ginny!]

i have a 15hh h/w cob and she is 6"3(i think she is a welsh X shire)

 

[Caz n Drummer]

My heavyweight cob wears 6ft 6" rugs....when he was a big podgier in his younger showing days he did wear 7" !!!!

 

[lilo_5678]

6'3 sounds quite big for a 14.2hh cob

I know a 13.2hh mare in a 6ft!!!

 

[Pink's lady]

14.2hh HW cob at our yard is in a 6'6 rug. With a chest extender

 

[iloveshearer]

Shearer's 14.1 ish and quite narrow, he takes a 5ft9, 6ft in some rugs.