Hidden Ponds GypsyVanners and Cobs

Hidden Ponds GypsyVanners and Cobs Hidden Ponds Gypsy Horses specializes in showing and breeding Gypsy Vanners. We are located in Isanti, MN.
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Hidden Ponds is a private residence and is not open to the public.

HP Golden Prince is having experiences with his trainer that I can only dream about! šŸ˜ Prince is out in the Black Hills ...
09/06/2026

HP Golden Prince is having experiences with his trainer that I can only dream about! šŸ˜ Prince is out in the Black Hills of South Dakota this weekend, having the adventure of a lifetime!

Through absolutely no fault of her own, Jackpotā€™s Diamond in the Rough is once again available. Diamond is a big (over 1...
09/04/2026

Through absolutely no fault of her own, Jackpotā€™s Diamond in the Rough is once again available.

Diamond is a big (over 15 hands) palomino splashed white mare (ee Aa nCr nSW1). She is negative for pssm1 and FIS. She is currently in foal and due spring of 2027 to Nco Patronā€™s Salted Caramel, a silver dapple stallion.

Diamond is GVHS registered and 9 years old. She has been backed but I donā€™t consider her broke to ride. She is a sweet girl but takes time to warm up to new people so isnā€™t a beginnerā€™s horse. She has had four flashy fillies in previous years and breeds easily and is an excellent mother.

Diamond is located in Minnesota

Recently I saw someone asked how people assess breeding stock. As a lot of you know, before covid I was doing a lot of t...
09/03/2026

Recently I saw someone asked how people assess breeding stock.

As a lot of you know, before covid I was doing a lot of traveling around the uk, Ireland, and North America. I visited around 100 gypsy vanner breeding farms and learned so much from it.

One of the things I learned overseas was a different approach than what the GVHS teaches here in evaluations, and it really stuck with me because it made the most sense and was an easy way to compartmentalize the horse.

It was to start at the ground and work up.

Start with the hoof. As the old adage goes: no hoof, no horse. If they have bad feet, write them off.

Then the feather. The distinguishing feature of the breed is feather. Feather should start at or above the knees and hocks and completely cover the hoof. If this isnā€™t happening (and theyā€™re breeding age) then write them off.

Then check the legs. There should be no flaws in younger horses. I am of the belief that nearly all of these horses do develop some signs of CPL in their lifetime, so itā€™s expected that if you palpate the legs of a 12 year old horse theyā€™re probably not going to be clean. But you want solid bone and clean legs on young horses. You also want a sound animal.

Next, the chest. It should be large and well formed.

The hindquarters should be round and powerful.

The barrel should be wide.

Next, the back should be shorter, but not too short, and level or slightly uphill.

The neck should be well set with a definite arch, not overly thick by the head and not as wide as the body.

The head should be refined, with small ears and a pony-like expression.

However, the order of importance goes from the bottom up. So a horse with a Roman nose is more forgivable than a horse with poor feather.

I look at temperament before I even start at the hoof, personally.

A stallion should make it all the way through to the head, whereas a mare may have some forgivable flaws that are due to the breed standard being based on a male example of the breed. (Mares tend to have less muscular necks, longer backs to carry foals, and less feather than comparative counterparts: that is to say, in all my life and the thousands of horses Iā€™ve seen in person, Iā€™ve only seen photos of two adult mares with hair growing on top of their knees. It is exceptionally rare for mares. On the other hand, it is less common for stallions but not unheard of. Two of my stallions have hair growing from above their knees).

Of course, until theyā€™re bred you have no idea what they will throw, and the best quality stallions and mares sometimes have mediocre offspring, and Iā€™ve seen some very mediocre mares throw some exceptional offspring. But the feet, in my opinion, are a great place to start.

Quality heavy bay and white filly. Should mature to around 14.3 hands. 2 years old, GVHS registered. Dam is a heavy bay ...
09/03/2026

Quality heavy bay and white filly. Should mature to around 14.3 hands. 2 years old, GVHS registered. Dam is a heavy bay blagdon more from Ireland and sire is a gorgeous bay tobiano stallion of Westmoreland lines.

Ee Aa Tt and negative for pssm1, FIS, and MYHM.
Isanti MN

Absolutely beautiful, well bred silver bay yearling filly!This filly is the sweetest, calmest girl. She will make an exc...
09/01/2026

Absolutely beautiful, well bred silver bay yearling filly!

This filly is the sweetest, calmest girl. She will make an excellent youth or family horse, and is pretty enough for the show ring. She has the daintiest head, the kindest eye, and such a pretty profile!

HP All That Glitters is GVHS registered, negative for pssm1, FIS, and MYHM. She is by the National champion halter horse GFR Silver Spirit, a Silver Phoenix offspring, and out of Nco Fascination, a grand champion halter mare. She is EE Aa nZ nPatn1. I expect her to finish out about 13.2-13.3 hands, so the perfect size for a small adult or youth rider who wants a kind and very loving filly.

Glitter is located in Isanti, Mn
$15k

Last chance for a 3-in-1! Rarity will be weaning her c**t shortly. She can still go without her c**t after weaning šŸ™‚Rari...
08/28/2026

Last chance for a 3-in-1! Rarity will be weaning her c**t shortly. She can still go without her c**t after weaning šŸ™‚

Rarity is ee aa nCr npatn1 W20/W20
Hermitā€™s Harlequin Gold is ee AA nCr nLP nW20

08/26/2026

Itā€™s a (net) wrap! Haying season is done. This is the first year weā€™ve done it ourselves! I do buy hay also, but some of my hay comes off of a field I own. Previously I had someone who was able to bale it for me, but he couldnā€™t this year and the two people who said they could both ghosted, so I scrambled to buy and borrow everything I needed and we got it done ourselves!

Using the baler was tricky for a newbie like me, but the rest of it was easier than I thought it would be.

I found out I prefer the Farmall to the John Deere; I actually find the Farmall more comfortable with better shock absorption.

Also, shout out to the app called RainDrop! What a great app! It tells you exactly how much rain to expect and when and it was very accurate for me. Rather than just a forecast of ā€œrain,ā€ if it gave a quantity of 0.02ā€ then I knew I could cut right before that, because thatā€™s less than dew.

Thanks to Joel for all your hard work, Emerson for your help fixing the Farmall, and mom for picking up Rhys from daycare on days we were haying.

And thanks to everyone for your patience waiting for updated photos of the horses as we worked through haying season! The ponies appreciate it!

If you watch the video to the end, it does kick out a GIANT bale!

08/25/2026

Quality broke to ride gelding!

Name: Maestoso of Hidden Ponds
Birthdate: May 2022
Color: black
Color dna: EE as
Pssm: nP1
FIS: negative
Registration: GVHS
Height: just over 14.2
FLF Irish Immanuel x SRS Seraphim
Lindstrom, Minnesota
17,500

This quality, kind young gelding spent the first two years of his life with us, where I showed him in-hand at the GVHS breed shows! He has had five months of saddle training and is currently being ridden several days a week. Unfortunately life circumstances have changed for his owner and he is looking for his next big adventure. He would do well in any discipline, and could show well breed circuit or do dressage or ranch classes, if you want to show. He has a solid work ethic and is out of one of my best producers, who is a supreme champion herself. He is a Bob the Blagdon grandson, and also a grandson of FLF Leap of Faith, who is the dam of Hall of Fame stallion FLF Biscuits n Gravy.

He is not owned by me any longer, but I am happy to get you in touch with his current family.

Outstanding 3-in-1 package deal for someone looking for some special horses!Rarity's current c**t is a son of Gitt a Hun...
08/23/2026

Outstanding 3-in-1 package deal for someone looking for some special horses!

Rarity's current c**t is a son of Gitt a Hunka Burn N Love. Right now he looks like he will finish out in the 14 hand range, although he is growing fast!

Rarity is confirmed in foal with the heartbeat check and due June 2027. Her foal has a 75% chance of being a cream, will have one copy of dominant agouti, and has a 25% chance of being LP AND PATN1!

We are located in Isanti, Minnesota.

For those of you who wanted to see how HP Cover Girl, smoky silver black with blue eyes is turning out, here she is! She...
08/20/2026

For those of you who wanted to see how HP Cover Girl, smoky silver black with blue eyes is turning out, here she is! She is weaned and will be traveling in the next couple months ot her new home!

I know someone will say something, so no, she doesn't always wear a halter. She came up to me to be caught and brought in for her complete feed, then after I haltered her she realized her buddies weren't with her, and she decided to book it back to them (she had just changed paddocks the day before and was still slightly nervous about leaving them). Then she gathered her posse and they all came back :P My own fault for not clipping the lead rope to the halter BEFORE haltering her, I guess!

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