About The Farm
An Introduction
Fancy Affaire - Our Kids
According to its owners, Appleby Vanner Farm has been birthed from a long standing dream, a solid trust in God when it looked impossible, lots of hard work, and the incredible help of several other Gypsy Vanner breeding farms who gave endlessly of their time and guidance. Mort and Brigitte Kozak, Dennis and Lynn Thompson, Bill and Wendy Ricci, James and Barbara Snyder, Linda Tweedie and Linda Pepple have our heartfelt thanks for the enormous time they have spent with us. Without their help, Appleby Vanner Farm never would have happened.
Breeding Only The Best
Cushti Bok
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Following in the footsteps of those who have helped us, our goal is to breed the best to the best in order to improve the breed while staying within the boundaries of the vision that the Gypsies have for this magnificent animal. Our horses are all Foundation from the first horses imported into America. The gene pool includes direct descendants from the following bloodlines: Gypsy King, Romany King, Latcho Drom, Lion King, Cushti Bok, Panda Rose (the gorgeous calendar cover girl) Pie (a Panda Rose daughter, one of the famous twins that will be featured on the cover of the 2009 Barrett Gypsy Vanner Calendar), and last but certainly not least, the famous Jasmine, a direct daughter of the white horse and a full sister to Bat, along with her driving buddy Esrmeralda won all over in driving competition. She was, I believe, the fourth horse Dennis Thompson imported.
Our Farm
After 14 years of raising quality pleasure Walking Horses, we are very grateful for the history in studying genetics. Without that experience, we would never be able to do this. We feel this is an honor but also an awesome responsibility because we want more than anything to remain true to the Gypsy's vision for this breed. And we want to make the people who helped us so much very proud of us.
We have been invited to join Team Vanner which consists of a group of farms scattered throughout the Country that are dedicated to protect the integrity of this amazing Breeed. All our foals are imprinted at birth and handled everyday thereafter using the strict guidelines of Parelli Natural Horsemanship. Whether it is a newborn foal or a grown horse that we are preparing for the show ring, Parelli Natural Horsemanship is the only training method we use. With every sale we are including in its entirety Level One of the Parelli system. This wil start you on your journey to forming a forever bond with your newfound equine partner.
Our Guidance
There are two signature Bible verses that have become the pillars for Appleby:
Proverbs 3:6
"In everything you do put God first. He will direct you and crown your efforts with success."
Hebrews 11 (modern translation)
"Faith is seeing what's beyond sight, Believing what's beyond reason, and Receiving what's beyond comprehension."
Standing on this, we now begin our journey on the road to producing awesome Gypsy Vanner horses and introducing them to people throughout this country.