Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine February 2018 Vol 3 Issue 1

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®

FLYNT HYLLS GYPSY HORSES

Flynt Hylls Gypsy Horses was established in2006 innortheast Kansas. We started with one stallion and a few mares. Today we offer three stallions for breeding and a dozen good, big mares. We also have a couple of geldings for just fun use. We don’t produce a large number of foals each year, but we do strive to produce the best quality foals possible. Flynt Hylls Gypsies is focused on preserving the traditional proper cob originally imported into the USA. While others are promoting the latest fad colors, we work to maintain the big boned, stocky conformation of the first gypsy horse we fell in

love with, Flynn. We are slowly putting our horses through the GHRA evaluation process to be sure we keep our focus where we want it; the best quality you can find on American soil. Most of our horses are between 14 and 15 hands. We like a big horse that can do it all. And we breed for horses that can do a day’s work, then come back and do it again tomorrow. Many have met our horses at shows and know how much we expect of them. And they never let us down. Temperament and personality are just as important in our horses. Every foal on our farm is

raised with lots of human contact and interaction. They learn to respect and to love people. This creates a solid foundation to build on for a long-term performance future. We know the Gypsy Horse is one of the most versatile breeds around. Many can excel in more than one discipline. The Gypsy has such heart and soul. We have taken ours in a very different direction, and they have met the challenge. Jousting and medieval war games. We challenge their minds and their bodies. The games require athleticism and courage. The horse must be able to go from 0 to 20 in 2.5 seconds (Okay,

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