Are you looking for the perfect gypsy as a baby sitter for a youngster or an adult ? One that is safe and that would be the favorite of all the students taking riding lessons at your training facility? Do you run a therapeutic riding facility for the handicapped, people suffering from PTSD, veterans, or others who simply need to learn responsibilities or connect with a horse? If so, I just may have the perfect horse for you.

I have a very special 14 year old purebred gypsy vanner mare. She is well broke to ride and has been ridden extensively in a riding lesson program and since January 2023 she has been leased by an individual who rides her or exercises her a minimum of 3 times a week. This lessee is involved in re-enactment jousting and this mare has been learning to be a part of that. She has been ridden in Christmas parades with sirens, people and other horses all around here and it does not phase her. She does not spook, she's used to dogs, tractors, machinery, and all sorts of stimulus a horse would get living on a farm. She is not the alpha of a herd, will walk out by herself but prefers a buddy. She can do all three gaits but she has not been cantered much due to it being harder on her legs. She has been ridden in a 300 acre forest with trails and did wonderfully. She is gentle, will stand still when mounting (unless she hasn't been ridden frequently.) and is good for the farrier.

She is simply a phenomenal mare in every aspect and has been used for clients who have needed to gain or grow trust in a horse or enhance their seat. Riding lesson clients absolutely love her as a lesson horse. She's been the barn favorite. She's an easy keeper with regarding to maintaining weight but she has LOTS and LOTS of hair, so the heat is hard on her. She will look for a fan to get under and spend a lot of time there or she'll want in shade. She has more hair when its allowed to grow out than a lot of gypsy stallions. So Her forelock has been trimmed back as it was many inches past her lips and she has a double mane that touched the ground at one time so it has also been thinned and trimmed due to the heat being hard on her and the weight of all that hair being hard on her so she is much more comfortable now with all that trimmed back.

She is being offered to a NON BREEDING home only as a RIDE-ONLY horse. I will not sell her to a breeder. I retired her a couple of years ago when she was diagnosed with CPL. It is quite important that these horses get frequent exercise, thus the reason she's being worked so frequently at her lessee's, fed very low starch and sugars and they should not be kept stalled for long periods of time, if at all. Movement is important for them so pasture life is what works best for these horses. This breed also does best in colder climates. But she is a STEAL for this price, even as a ride-only gypsy that is broke! She has not been broke to drive.

I may consider negotiating on price to the perfect home.