Gypsy Horse (Irish Tinker horse), also known as Irish Cob, Piebald (in Ireland), or Gypsy Vanner (in USA)) is a breed with its origin among the traveling Gypsies of the British Isles. A mix of draught horse and pony breeds gives quite a large variation in size and appearance, but the typical horse measures 12.0 - 15.3 hands (hand equals 4 inches) and the larger variation?the Drum Horse?reaches 16.0 hands and over.

The colour of Gypsy horses is very broad and include: piebald, skewbald, solid black, chestnut, palamino, silver dapple (chocolate palamino), and appaloosa. These horses are known for their abundance of hair and feather (hair starting at the canon bone and the hock and flowing down over the hooves). If a horse has feather only on the back of the leg, the horse is very likely a half-breed, and in the United Kingdom is often sent to the auction block, which is usually sold for food.

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