{"id":47359,"date":"2025-01-22T10:37:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/?post_type=horse-breed&p=47359"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:37:50","slug":"gypsy-horse","status":"publish","type":"horse-breed","link":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/horse-breed\/gypsy-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsy Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When talking about the Gypsy Horse, the first thing that comes to mind is the striking appearance – piebald in all variations, lush feathering, full long hair and the typical little goat’s beard on the lower lip. The Irish breed has become a fashionable horse in Europe since the 1990s and continues to enjoy great popularity in the course of recreational riding.<\/strong><\/p>

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Facts & figures<\/h2>

Origin:<\/strong> Great Britain, Ireland
Main breeding area:<\/strong> mainly Europe
Distribution:<\/strong> worldwide
Height:<\/strong> 4,4 ft to 5,2 ft
Weight:<\/strong> 1014 lbs to 1610 lbs
Appearance:<\/strong> cold blood type
Colors:<\/strong> all colors are possible, often pied coat
Main use:<\/strong> riding and draft horse, leisure horse<\/p>

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Origin of the horse breed<\/h2>

Gypsy Horses, also called Irish Tinkers or Gypsy Cob, are horses of the Irish Cob breed<\/strong> and horses similar in type, but not recognized as Irish Cobs. This applies, for example, to horses that are under 5,2 ft tall.<\/p>

Gypsy Horses were originally the workhorses of Irish Travellers.<\/strong> The traveling people were often disparagingly called Gypsy Horses, translated as tinkers or gypsies, so the name was transferred to the horses as a breed name. However, little is known about their breeding history<\/strong> and their breed origin, because in the countries of origin, Ireland and Great Britain, the Gypsy Horses were never recognized as an independent breed.<\/p>

Without a studbook and lobby and without more detailed information about their origin and the breeding method of the Traveller, the history of their origin can only be roughly outlined. It can be assumed that cold-blooded horses and Dales ponies were crossed with them, since good character, robustness and traction were the most important characteristics. Friesians<\/a> and Clydesdales<\/a> may also have played an important role in the Gypsy Horses’s history of origin. The horses combine the best characteristics of warm-blooded, cold-blooded and ponies<\/strong> and are especially known for their friendly nature. In the 1990s, Gypsy Horses came into fashion through the first imports in Germany and other Central European countries. It was only through this that interest grew in Ireland as well, so that a breeding association, the Irish Cob Society Ireland Ltd.<\/strong> was founded for the first time in 1998.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Appearance<\/h2>

These horses are quite diverse in appearance<\/strong>, with characteristics of both warmbloods, ponies and coldbloods. From the heavy draught horse with cold-blood characteristics to the medium-heavy type to the Gypsy Horse with pony influence, different characteristics are possible.<\/strong> Basically, a compact, strong and rather square-built breed type with a stick size between 53 and 63 inches is the priority.<\/p>

Their head often has the shape of a ram’s head and is characterized by large eyes<\/strong> as well as the breed-typical, differently strong goat and upper lip beard, which must not be clipped. Desirable are a medium length, well set neck, good gaiter freedom as well as long, sloping shoulders and adequate, not too short withers. The strong build should also present itself with a well muscled, not too long back, a sloping and muscular croup and sufficient depth of chest. The dry foundation is characterized by clear joints, medium length pasterns, correct leg placement, and large but often flat hooves.<\/strong><\/p>

In addition, the strongly pronounced long coat in the form of an abundant feathering<\/strong>, a long and full mane and a magnificent tail is striking. In the coat coloration, all colors occur, including the Sabino, Tobiano and Overo check as well as all mixed forms. Preference is given to the Gypsy Horse plate piebald, while albinos are completely undesirable.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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