{"id":425,"date":"2010-08-09T02:42:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T02:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=425"},"modified":"2024-11-10T18:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:05:41","slug":"cob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/cob","title":{"rendered":"Cob Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Cob is a type rather than a specific breed, in the UK it is often used to descrive a common riding horse and in the US it is generally used to describe the <a href=\"\/breeds\/welsh-d\">Welsh Cob<\/a>. Today the <a href=\"\/breeds\/welsh-d\">Section D Welsh Cob<\/a> is the typical build of a historic Cob, it is said a good show cob should have <em>&#8220;the head of a lady &#038; the backside of a cook.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThere are 3 divisions of show cobs, separated by size, Lightweight, Heavyweight &#038; Maxi Cobs. Common breeds that display the cob characteristics are <a href=\"\/breeds\/welsh-c\">Welsh Ponies<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"\/breeds\/gypsy-vanner\">Colored Cobs (Vanners)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height 14.2 &#8211; 15.1 hands<br \/>\nSteady &#038; comfortable <\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is sensible &#038; sometimes Roman nosed<br \/>\nNeck is crested<br \/>\nBody is small &#038; compact<br \/>\nLegs are short &#038; sturdy<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Calm &#038; responsive<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Driving horse<br \/>\nShow horse<br \/>\nRiding horse<\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zz_gOQJhwrM?si=SJNNV0HKKyrJ710f\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smWlnbAe_2k?si=TUg23529qwwylvwo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Origins Cob is a type rather than a specific breed, in the UK it is often used to descrive a common riding horse and in the US it is generally used to describe the Welsh Cob. Today the Section D Welsh Cob is the typical build of a historic Cob, it is said a good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unknown","tag-all-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5280,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/5280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}