05/10/2025
🖤 Wonderful, Wonderful Big Young Cob 🖤
Meet Alberto, a truly special 4-year-old cob standing at 16hh.
With around 150 amateur horses coming through our hands each year, I can safely say I've ridden more cobs than I can count, from show ring stars and dressage types to jumpers and hunters. But dare I say… this boy is hands down the most enjoyable and genuinely wonderful ride I’ve ever had on a young cob of this size and type.
He’s correct, active, and balanced in all three paces. Alberto offers a soft contact, and his canter feels like something out of a dream, rhythmical, uphill, and easy to sit to. He moves through his back beautifully, and his natural engagement and athleticism make him a real standout. Plus, he’s seriously handsome with lovely markings and a kind expression.
Despite his age, Alberto gives you 110% every single ride. He works his heart out in the school, always trying to please, never putting a foot wrong or testing his rider, quite rare in a 4-year-old of his size.
On the ground, he’s polite, patient, and gentle. He’s got a brilliant he is kind and very trainable.
He’s been hacking out with riders of all abilities (always supervised, of course!! He’s still only 4!) and has proven himself quiet, willing, and straightforward, both alone and in company. He’s responsive but not sharp, quiet but NOT LAZY, the perfect in-between.
He always goes in a snaffle, happily hacks at the back of the ride, and doesn’t fuss when others leave him behind. His attitude is golden.
His paces are stunning, and he’s beautifully put together. He could turn heads in the show ring, do well in the dressage arena, or make someone very proud out hunting, he’s brave, sensible, and has that soft, buttery canter that makes you want to ride all day.
He’s also popped a few jumps under saddle and has had a very correct start in life, lots of varied hacking and light, consistent schooling that he finds easy.
I genuinely can’t wait to see what he’ll go on to do. He’s got all the quality and potential in the world, and while I’d love to see him in a competitive home, the most important thing for me is that he finds a forever home where he’ll be loved, cared for, and appreciated. Whether that’s happy hacking or strutting his stuff in the ring.
He is not your average cob, and definitely not a cheap one!! But in my experience, horses like him don’t come along often.
While he’ll no doubt make a fabulous novice ride in a year or two, please no complete beginners or riders who aren’t balanced or soft in the hand just yet, I’d love to preserve his confidence and keep his experience as positive as it’s been so far. That said, I do believe he would suit a confident novice with the right support around them.
Just to give you an idea of his nature: "I picked him up from the Irish transporter at a motorway service station on the M5. He unloaded calmly from a huge lorry full of other horses, popped straight into my little trailer on his own, and travelled another hour home without so much as a neigh or a shuffle. That told me a lot about him, and it was all good."
Alberto is a rare find: kind, clever, talented, and utterly genuine. If you’re looking for a horse with the looks, movement, temperament, and heart to go far, or just a best friend to enjoy for years to come, he may well be your perfect match.
📍 Based in Malmesbury
📞 Clara – 07478 199827
