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Tag Archives: draught
2014 Illinois Horse Fair
March 2014 saw four horses from Bellbottom Farm representing the mini gypsy in Illinois, at the state fairgrounds in Springfield. I think this was our fifth time showing the ponies to the public there. The weather is usually a challenge … Continue reading
Harness Brass Collections
I have talked about my friend Kirsty’s collections before, but have found a few new friends thru the magic of Facebook who agreed to let me share more photos here. Above are a few photos shared by various people of … Continue reading
Famous Beginnings
There are lots of informational pages about gypsy cob history and some famous foundation horses, scattered across the internet in various websites. I want to share some of the wonderful information and sources I have learned about in the past … Continue reading
Exploring The Sugarbush Draft Breed-up Program
I offer to people who are still wondering about how “breeding up” works, that they can look up information about the Sugarbush Draft horse and a small group’s effort to re-establish this little-known breed creation effort. They have a nice … Continue reading
The Coloured Cob
A Cob???? These wonderful horses were developed in Britain (UK/Ireland) from their native pony stock, having varying input from draught/draft horse blood (Clydesdale and Shire)–more common in large vanner stock–as well as local mountain and trotting ponies (Dale, Fell, Welsh, Highland and Shetland). … Continue reading
Shire Horse History R/T Gypsy Cobs
Recently some good information was shared on the Facebook group page, Proper Cobs. This website has recently been developed to help educate us all about the historical perspective of the horses that went into the make-up of the modern gypsy … Continue reading
Miniature Gypsy Horses Trot Into Town 