Hi Julie,

After not riding for some time I spent a number of years trying to
find my perfect horse in all the common performance breeds. With each
failed partnership attempt my parents would be down the end of the
phone line saying "What you need is a nice little galloway sized
Welsh Cob". My response would be "I'll be ridiculed! I'm going to
turn up to ARC on my little pony and all the wealthy ladies on their
TB's and Warmbloods will laugh and laugh (and then they'll re-direct
me to the pony club grounds)".

Well, I finally conceded and bought my Welsh Cob, Flint, as a
stallion. I had him gelded and we made our debut into ARC and open
company at the end of last year. The response from the members of the
riding club HAS been dramatic. There are lots of "What breed is
that?" and lots of "Oh my God, I love your pony" "What a beautiful
pony!", "I've always wanted a Welsh Cob" "My next breed will be a
Cob". When friends of members turn up to watch events I can overhear
them pointing out my pony and saying "That's a Welsh Cob, isn't he
beautiful?". This, for me, is amazing because I don't think Flint is
as typey or extravagant as many of the cobs out there. But the way in
which he carries and conducts himself, as well as his golden colour,
makes him stand out from the sea of bay TB's.

Flint and I will have our problems (like the bolting incident lol)as
all people/horse partnerships do. But considering he came from a
cattle property where he was an occasional stock horse sometimes used
over stock horse mares he compares pretty favourably with the mass TB
and Warmblood numbers here. I certainly think that good geldings make
GREAT ambassadors for the breed.

Kirsty

--- In welshcobs@..., "moodyasp" <moodyasp@y...> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> A Welsh Cob of
> course. I am not mad, just obsessed with them. Julie Tozer