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Reg'n #: GV00375F

15.1hh.

Magpie now lives with her wonderful new family in Indiana. It was such a hard decision, to let Magpie go. A decision made so much easier once I met her new family for the first time, and saw how much Magpie liked them too. Goodbye, sweet 'Pie.

Gypsy Vanner mare

 

As a youngster in England she was a sideliner put to a wagon that went to Appleby Fair and back.
Once over here in the States she was started under saddle and has competed in dressage and attended parades and Expos.
In harness she is beginning her driving career and showing enormous potential to become very competitive in the show ring with big movement and a great deal of "look at me", stallion-like presence. That she is a sweet, affectionate soul is merely the icing on the cake! There's is nothing this mare hasn't done when asked (including having a superb foal!). Affectionate and kind, she is a pure joy to be around and one of the nicest horses to work with that I have ever experienced.

If she were a person, Magpie wouldn't be a couch potato, content to sit on the sofa eating popcorn. She'd be that friend who knocks on the door at 6.00 o'clock in the morning with two mugs of coffee in her hand wanting to know if you wanted to go hike in the mountains with her. She wants to be out and about, having fun and meeting people. She's quite the socialite!


 

Gypsy vanner mare
Just after her first bath of '08. Feather and tail still wet.
 

 

...and after her first bath of '09. That mane just keeps on growin'!!!

Gypsy vanner mare
 

Gypsy Vanner

I bought Pie as my driving horse so she hadn't been ridden in 2 years.
We thought we'd see how much she remembered!
Her progress in dressage, after just a few months, is delighting us daily!

 She is huge fun to ride and really enjoys herself. Her trainer has been very pleasantly surprised at how forward she is and what an incredible work ethic she has. She enjoys Pie a great deal!

Before she came to live with us she competed at training level dressage and will be ready to compete again sooner than we had anticipated, she just loves to work!

 

Gypsy vanner cantering

Braids and feather flying!

 

Only Magpie's 10th time in harness...what a good girl she is!
 

A brief video clip of her 10th time in harness!

 

Many more pictures of Pie
 

 

...and more here

 

 

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