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Post by seemorelikethis on Oct 26, 2008 23:58:04 GMT
How important do you think straight movement is in cobs?
The last few cob classes i have seen, have been 3/4 full of horses that could dish for england including a couple of fairly well known cobs! Is it looked past in cobs then?
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Post by Dish on Oct 27, 2008 7:47:30 GMT
Dishing is a big big pet hate of mine  i would never buy a cob that dished  |
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Post by pigsear on Oct 27, 2008 9:13:19 GMT
Dont think it just cobs..... I good horse of any type in my eye wouldn't dish.
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Post by diadem on Oct 27, 2008 12:26:13 GMT
It worries me that so many welsh cobs are shod so early in theyre development as that can be detrimental to the way of going.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2008 15:28:21 GMT
I have also seen many welsh cobs dish! seems to be occuring more
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Post by seemorelikethis on Oct 28, 2008 21:30:04 GMT
So why are major dishers being placed highly? And im not even talking about ones just with professionals iv seen a couple of amateurs being placed in the top couple on horses that are soooo unstraight, i cant get my head around it!
We have the straightest cob ever at home, do we stand a good chance of doing well or does straight movement not get a look in anymore?
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Post by graysonsdusk on Nov 3, 2008 14:18:16 GMT
I would say it is important that all horses move straight in the show ring as dishing is due to a conformational fault. But that is just my preference.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2008 17:14:41 GMT
i to think it is important that a horse should move straight and often wonder why a dishing cob is placed in the ring, maby it says more about the rest of the class than the dishing cob that is placed
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Post by langwedh on Nov 10, 2008 20:42:03 GMT
I personally can't stand cobs (or any other horse/pony) that dishe's. my cob colt (3 yr old) doesn't dish, and from behind he is dead straight. but from the front he ever so slightly plaits. this is only because where he hasn't fully matured yet in his chest hiis front feet turn out, and our farrier makes a point of keeping them that way, so that when he does develop he won't go pigeon toed (which in turn will encourage him to dish). instead they will come straight!! I was once chucked out the ring because a judge told me that he was crap, and that he should NEVER be kept entire, and that if gelded he will nt be good enough to show under saddle, so basically he is useless, i said to her what i've said above, and she threw me out of the ring. My colt (solloway Samson) was 2nd at RW as a foal, surely if it's a maturing thing it shouldn't be knocked!!!
sorry just realised how much i've written!! Lol!!!
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i would never buy a cob that dished 
