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I’m from Ireland and so are many gypsy vanners. When they were worked to pull the caravans (when I was much younger), they were thought of amongst farmers as “soft” and lacking “depth” in comparison with our Connemara ponies or Irish Draughts.The piebald or skewbald colours were not liked at all then! Can’t help thinking that all that reflected prejudice against gypsies. Nowadays the are known as quiet workhorses, when they are worked, and their “depth” is not normally tested (except in foxhunting or the like).

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