Apart from the Welsh Cob, which is a distinctive breed, Cobs are horse types.
They have no specific breed, and unknown pedigree, but they have a distinctive look.
A type is developed to satisfy a specific need where no one breed was sufficient and where a variety of different breeds contributed successfully to produce the required type.
When a type is set, futher breding usually takes place between types to futher improve the type.
It can be of any colour, including piebald and skewbald, and typical height up to 15hh.
They are stocky, thick set and strongly build with muscular bodies and capable of carrying substantial weight.
The head is slightly convex or Roman, a full generous eye, set on a thick muscular shapely neck crested on the top with well defined wither, along a wide chest and deep girth.
Most are hogged and feathers clipped, in order to keep them clean looking, especially when hunting during the winter months.
They should also have clean, strong hocks and all the attributes of a good hunter.
The ideal-cob is said to have “a head like a lady’s maid and a farewell bottom like a cook”.
Their character is described as a gentleman’s horse,the perfect gentleman.
It is safe and dependable and a good all round family horse.
-Cob-type breeds have become increasingly popular for Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA), as well as for riders who seek horses who are responsive but with a calm temperament, shorter stature and steady, comfortable gaits.
There are a number of popular -cob-breeds in the UK, including -
the Welsh-cob, the Irish-Cob and the "Coloured-Cob" or "Gypsy-Cob," known in the USA as the Gypsy vanner horse
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