A different sort of Gypsy...

AHHHH!!! Massive excitement! I can't even describe it! Well yes I can...

A wonderful lady that lives in my hometown invited me to come and see her new horse, and so I did just that today. Now this new gelding is a Gypsy Vanner. YES! A Gypsy Vanner- the spots, the hair, the bigness, the everything! And she said I could play with her new horse, and ride him if I'd like, because he is very well trained. Well yes, I'd like that veryyyy much!!

So I played with him, brushed him, and he was the picture of good manners! He's a big boy, but held his feet up just like a perfect gentleman for me to clean them out. Bridled him easily, saddled him up no problem. His owner didn't know if he rode bareback, because they haven't tried, and the people that sold him had never tried either. So I rode him western a bit, and he was fabulous! You know how sometimes the bigger horses are lazy and dead sided?? NO! Not at all! Not one tiny bit! This boy picked up the trot off nothing but vocal cues, and came right back down no problem!
I AM IN LOVE! Is it terrible to say I'd trade in a heartbeat? Ha! I was smiling and laughing the entire time I was riding this wonderful, beautiful boy! And then I stripped off the saddle and rode him bareback, and he was a champ! Perfect! And his trot was so so fun bareback! Haha, If only I could go trail riding on him! It would be epic, trust me.

And so of course he couldn't get away without getting a million pictures taken with my low-quality camera phone. I have never wanted a horse so bad :

Ah if I only owned this horse :)

I would trail ride him 360 days a year, and take him to parades. He would be so tired of being ridden haha.

I wanted to stuff him in my car's trunk and drive away!

...I wish someone was there with me, so I could have pictures of me actually riding him, but thats all right.