Looking for a Gypsy Pony?
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Bohemian Gypsy Cobs wants to help you find everything you are looking for in a gipsy cob horse or gipsies' gypsy pony for sale! BoHo is focused on providing high-quality horses and especially Gypsy ponies for riding and driving. Whether you're looking for a small, sharp-looking driving gypsy horse or a light draft pony for field work that can also be ridden (ranging from trail rides, gaming at 4H or Western fun shows to English and jumping), we have the ponies with looks, soundness and color!
Bohemian Gypsy Cobs is proudly here in Illinois:
Fluffy Ponies for Kids and Grownies!
Alternately, Bohemian gypsy cob ponies call ourselves BoHo
Originally a word from fashion world slang for gypsy style clothing, we now like to refer to BOHO as meaning
Buy One, Have One!!!
(check out our sister site below for available horses, bred ponies and/or foals 4sale)
(Also check there for info about Chevreherd Australian Shepherds)
Spring 2010 foals: Here's an album (among others) at Webshots photo sharing:
ALSO NOW ON FACEBOOK! JOIN US THERE!!!
Look up and join the group: GYPSY PONY
Chevreherd Aussies has used the phrase, "Bringing the Past Forward into the Future"; now with BoHo we will focus on "Tomorrow's UberPets Today"
(Visit Chevreherd Australian Shepherds' page at mygypsyponies.com)
Always considering old fashioned good temperament of prime import.
Bohemian Gypsy Cobs wants to provide high-quality service and customer satisfaction - we will do everything we can to meet your expectations.
Visit BoHo's "vision page" here:
We invite you to explore the idea of the gypsy pony here at our Yahoo! group:
To become a member of the above, you have to join Yahoo! and create your own account, but the group is very easy to use once you get going.
June, 2010: We have put up several short video clips on YouTube featuring our current foal crop; please visit YouTube and search for videos by "chevreherd"
We also refer you to a wonderful new group of pony enthusiasts at:
We hope you find lots of fun here, learning about gypsy cobs and the new type of cob pony being developed here at BoHo. Please browse via the links in the upper right corner and scattered throughout our pages. And don't forget, photos on this site can be clicked on for large style viewing!
:-) Here's a link to a wonderful video uploaded to YouTube that shows a great old foundation gypsy cob stallion known as the Old Kent Horse (the footage also has some great Romany music to listen to while you admire this amazing horse)
And then there's a video I found that features a stallion I love, Greyson!
A vision of a new kind of pony:
At left is a "little one" on display at Appleby horse fair in Britain this past year...An image of the wonderful gypsy cob pony we are aiming to produce! We feel we will be able to produce just such a gypsy pony for sale in the near future. Contact us soon to see if the "little" you've been dreaming about is becoming available among our gypsy ponies for sale.
To find out more about importing ponies directly, contact Coates or one of the many breeders advertising here:
Join us on Facebook! People with "littles" are really connecting there!
Toymakker, outside sire to our foundation gypsy pony crosses:
(Lexington, BoHo's Cold Fusion, is our foundation sire)
As displayed by Toymakker above, Gypsy horses and ponies traditionally are sound animals for riding and driving, and are calm enough to be safely handled by women and children.
to see a video of Toymakker!
Here is a great link to info about driving harness horses (includes videos and info about vardos):
With a variety of offerings to choose from, we're sure you'll be happy with your driving pony prospect or Gypsy pony or horse for sale here in Illinois at BoHo. Look around our website and if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact Bohemian Gypsy Cobs. We live in the central time zone and you are welcome to call 309-594-2318 any time! If we are not there we will be sure to return your call ASAP!
12/22/09 we did some quick video of our nice riding mare, Arctic Spring. You can see her now on YouTube:
YouTube is a wealth of information these days and here is a lovely tribute to a working cob:
Our Newest Fav Equine Sport Video:
Here is an interesting historical page we have found:
And another fascinating page of horse history that mentions cobs:
An early cob war horse referred to in above article is pictured here
"Cob" has forever been used to refer to a heavy type with mixed "hot" and "cold" blood horse ancestors. Please see our page, "A Cob?"
Just for fun, we offer these links that feature dressage routines on YouTube:
Here is our newest favorite:
Our very favorite and inspiring piece of video features Andreas Helgstrand at the WEG 2006 Freestyle Dressage Final winning performance on the mare "Blue Hors Mantine'--they dance together divinely and the horse was only 9 years old:
And for an amusing comparison routine:
Here's an Arabian slant:
And yet another great youtube video comparing Western vs English styles:
As long as you're watching some western riding talent, you better check Stacy Westfall's videos with reining pattern excellence no bits, no bridle, no nuthin'
FOR THOSE OF YOU JUST EMBARKING ON YOUR RIDING CAREER, (and for those of us who like to remember the earlier days):
Here ya go!
Here at "BoHo" we have made a few efforts to put up some video but those efforts last winter were just a beginning:
Our big young stallion Tibbs Conghal, who was our first gypsy horse in 2007, was sold in February 2008 to Golden Link gypsy horse farm in Ohio:
And our little Lexington, "BoHo's Cold Fusion" who is more than a couple hands shorter than the Tibbs horse, displays his friendly nature in this video (unfortunately the camera man had technical difficulties):
Update 6-4-10 several new video clips on YouTube with 2010 foals....
see our "chevreherd" account and list on YouTube!
We hope to see you again! Check back later for new updates to our website. There's much more to come!
