Sonoma, California, has a Gypsy Vanner importer/breeder. Stephanie Burlington imported a lovely mare some years ago that she planned to train to drive and fit in with her other stable of various breeds. But the mare turned out to be pregnant and several DNA tests later the colt proved to be of wonderful lines. So, she started a new business.
I got to see the baby, named Jazz, when he was about two months old and again when he was 6 months old and big and pushy and in need of ground training before he put on another pound. She will take her Vanners to the Sonoma County Fair (July 25-Aug.6) for the Equine Extravaganza; and if you are within travelling distance I urge you to go see them. Her website begins with a slide show that seems tedious but is arranged as a kind of story of how she got started. As I recall he got her first from Romania. Try www.hiddencreekranch.com Nancy
