Re: Welsh cobs/different here

[welsh cob web <welshcobweb@moshplant.com>]

Thanks for saying what I was tring to say, and saying it well. If you would
have read my post more closely you would have also seen the spot on the
13.2 Cob with a 250 lb rider that finished in best condition down South,
USA. Please lets keep this a friendly place where people can have an
opinion without flames. Tamera wrote to my address and wanted to know about
Cobs competeing in the USA, so I hooked her up with some people, guess I
was wrong.

>After LOTS of questions and answers, we found that there are LOTS of
>differences in the way our rides and your rides are run.  Also, there's
>major differences in terrain and how it has to be handled.  (I've yet to
>lose a horse in a bog).  I took her to the rockiest trail I've got (the
>Longstreet Charge course for those of you who know) and she wasn't even
>slightly surprised.
>So, if someone suggests that a Welsh Cob probably wouldn't do very well
>here, don't think it's a slam.  Different things work out in different
>places.
>Angie McGhee



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