Gypsy Vanners were bred by European Gypsies. The Gypsies were wanting a small shire that was colorful enough to match their caravans;and so the Gypsy Vanner was born.Gypsy people also used the horses to "babysit". They would leave children there and the kids would climb all over them.
From about 1850 travelling people in the British Isles began to use a distinct type of horse to pull their vardos, the caravans in which they had just begun to live and travel. The colour and look of the breed were refined in the years after the Second World War. Horses of this type were first exported to the United States in 1996.
Gypsy Vanners were bred by European Gypsies. The Gypsies were wanting a small shire that was colorful enough to match their caravans;and so the Gypsy Vanner was born.Gypsy people also used the horses to "babysit". They would leave children there and the kids would climb all over them.
From about 1850 travelling people in the British Isles began to use a distinct type of horse to pull their vardos, the caravans in which they had just begun to live and travel. The colour and look of the breed were refined in the years after the Second World War. Horses of this type were first exported to the United States in 1996.