The Gypsy Vanner Horse

The Gypsy Vanner Horse

From at least the 1970s, unregistered Irish Cobs from Ireland were imported into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), where they were used by  Romany people (historically referred to as Gypsies) as the foundation breed to develop their true ‘English type’ Gypsy Cob (the second Traditional Cob breed type). From 1996, some of these unregistered Irish Cobs (original ‘Irish type’ Gypsy Cobs) from Ireland were imported into the USA, where they were renamed the Gypsy Vanner Horse.

The Gypsy Vanner Horse Society (USA) 

Although the Gypsy Vanner Horse Society (GVHS) in the USA still claim to have founded the first (original) registry for the breed on 14 November 1996, the Irish Cob Studbook, which was officially recognised in Ireland on 18 July 1996, is the first (original) registry for the breed.

NOTE: Although the original 1990's Gypsy Vanner Horse was the big athletic Irish Cob from Ireland, it os because of the influence of the true ‘English type’ Gypsy Cob (aka Traditional Gypsy Cob) from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), that the Gypsy Vanner Horse has changed since the 1990s, to become more true to the Gypsy Cob (aka Traditional Gypsy Cob) breed type.