THE GYPSY VANNER HORSE
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- 2 apr 2019
- Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Aggiornamento: 4 apr 2019
HISTORY
The Gypsy Vanner horse breed was born in England/Ireland around 1800. 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 with 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.
Extensive research has revealed the true origin of the Gypsy Vanner breed. The Shire horse had the greatest influence with the Fells pony, Dales pony, the Clydesdales and the British Spotted pony also contributed to its makeup, with the Highland pony giving rise to its magnificent mane and tail.
The Gypsy and nomadic people popularized the use of the Gypsy Vanner in Europe and gained its popularity in the USA in the mid 90’s.
CHARACTERISTICS
THE FACE: A Gypsy Horse's facial profile should be straight, neither overly dished nor roman nosed.
THE NECK: The neck is strong, muscular, and of medium length "with a throat latch slightly deeper than lighter breeds".
THE CHEST: The chest should be broad, deep, and well muscled.
THE BACK:The back is to be short coupled with well sprung ribs and a deep heart girth.
THE LEGS: Feathering, long hair on the legs, is considered a "characteristic and decorative feature of the Irish Cob.
THE WITHERS: Withers are "well rounded, not high and fine.
THE HINDQUARTERS: Strong hindquarters define the breed as a small draught horse, "designed for strength and power, but with class, presence and style."
THE HOOVES: Hooves have strong walls and a well shaped frog, round and with wide heels.
THE HIND LEGS: The hind legs of the Gypsy Horse should display proper angulation for a pulling horse, although not to the degree found in larger feathered draught breeds such as the modern Shire and Clydesdale. Unlike the equine conformational flaw of cow-hockedness, where only the lower leg is turned outward, a Gypsy Horse's entire hind leg is set so as to angle outward. As a result, when the hind legs of a horse set up squarely are viewed from the rear, their cannon bones appear parallel.
HEIGHT: They stand from 132 cm to 163 cm (between 13 to 16 hands)
BEHAVIOR
The Gypsy horse can be a strong, kind, very intelligent partner that works willingly and harmoniously with its handler. They are also described as mannerly and manageable, eager to please, confident, courageous, alert, and loyal with a genuine sociable outlook. The Gypsy Horse is renowned for its gentle, tractable nature and sensible disposition.
USES
Gypsy horses are a multi-talented horse, it is commonly used today in dressage, general riding, carriage horse and work activities.
COLORS:
Gypsy Vanner horses can be in lots of different colors. They might also be skewbald or any solid color; a solid-colored horse with white splashing on the underbelly is called "Blagdon" or "splashed". There is no coat color requirement in the breed standard to the registration of the Gypsy Vanner studbook.
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