Gypsy Vanner Colts playing in the evening at Magnolia Ranch in Katy Texas, home of Gypsy MVP. These colts are offered for sale. If you would like more information please visit their web site: Gypsy Vanner Colts for Sale or call Erica at 281-389-3356.
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These photos were taken at Gypsy MVP in Katy Texas. All of the horses are offered for sale so if you would like more information please contact Erica at 281-389-3356.
Gypsy MVP is getting so excited about the arrival of our newest member Golly Go Lightly aka Miss Golly. Her sire is a famous stallion called Billy Boy from the U.K. her dam is Pocahantas. We have only seen the pictures, and Miss Golly is stunning. She is mostly black with 4 cute white feathers that remind me of boots, then she has a splash of white here and there. So cute! There is so much potential with this filly. Check her out at gypsymvp.com, you will fall in love!
I wanted to introduce everyone to the latest Gypsy baby born on Gypsy MVP’s farm. His name is Vegas, and some day he just might be showing there….If this little foal grows up to be anything like his sire and his dam, he will make it. He is the son of Warlock, who I had the pleasure of being around for a long time. Long enough to call him one of the greats!!! I am getting to know his dam Pretara and think she has a shy but very sweet way about her. Pretara’s looks speak for them selves, she is very pretty.Talk about great genes, he has that going for him. As I was playing with them today, I can see both personalities in Vegas. He is gentle, calm and playful….yet looks like a movie star ! Lisa Gypsy MVP
This is Nala, a piebald mare for sale on Gypsymvp.com. Her dam was Lydia, and her sire Coates Oliver. I think she is a beautiful combination of her parents, having the best qualities of each. Nala’s conformation is outstanding not to mention her beautiful appearance.
Nala has a great personality and she enjoys human company more than most. I have to laugh when I clean her because she seems to know she is gorgeous! She’s very easy to handle and fun to play with. I look to see her go far in the Gypsy Vanner world, because she has everything we look for in the breed. If I could have one Gypsy mare of all we have at the MVP Ranch right now, she would be the one I would want to own.
News Flash!!! Nala is in foal to Sundance Kid, this should be a fantastic foal in March of next year!!!!
Through selective breeding over more than 100 years Gypsy men and their families in England and Ireland created this breed of horses. Their goal was to create a unique draft type horse that could pull their caravans in fancy fashion yet was docile enough to be handled by their children and would work all day on small amounts of food and water. They designed the horse to primarily be half black, and half white. They wanted the horses to have a “WOW” factor so that each family could always have a competition on whose stallion was the finest.
The average Gypsy Vanner should stand about 14.3 hands high, and be most any color these days. They should have an arched neck and a short back, smaller ears that curve inward, a round and correct heavy chest, thick boned legs with feathers that start at the knee in the front and the hock in the back that tent-like cover the hooves. This horse should have a very chiseled and refined head with tapering towards the end of the muzzle, and kind, well set eyes. The Gypsy Vanner, or Gypsy Cob horse as it is sometimes referred to, should have a very well rounded hindquarter, and a crease down the center of the hindquarter that is called “Apple Butt.” The breed should also have a very wide and thick tail that is not set too high, and may eventually drag the ground.
Since the Gypsies have kept little to no written records over the last 100+ years, we have surmised the origins of the breeds used to create the Vanners by speaking with many of the older Gypsy men in Europe. In England for example, we feel that the Shire, Dales Pony, and the Fells Pony along with the Clydesdale were the major influences. The Fells and Dales are native only to that country and much resemble smaller Friesians with a bit less feathering. However, in Ireland where we feel more of these horses originated, they used the Shire and the Clydesdale with more influence for refining the horse from the Highland Pony.
The name Gypsy Vanner Horse® represents a definitive breed born from a vision to create a specific looking horse. The goal of that vision was achieved and the result is a breed capable of evoking great emotion. A perfect caravan horse is strong, intelligent, docile, athletic, colorful and has excellent endurance. It is our mission at GypsyMVP to show that these same traits would make the perfect horse for any number of pursuits.