Certification

Is certification what we want for our Gypsy Horses?

Blarney Stone Acre's Gypsy Horses wishes to maintain the strong integrity of the rare Gypsy Horse breed, also known as Gypsy Cob, Gypsy Vanner, the Romani horse, and the Tinker. Blarney Stone Acre's Gypsy Horses recognizes an inspection program for this horse breed assists in maintaining its integrity when administered by qualified persons trained in the appropriate discipline and independent of affiliated registries, associations, and/or societies.

Blarney Stone Acre's Gypsy Horses opposes, adamantly, the current efforts of private individuals to create and sale a subjective certification program of the Gypsy Horse. Blarney Stone Acre's Gypsy Horses will not endorse a certification program that entails a loss of control of the breeding process while undermining the current inspection practices accepted by the gypsy horse community. A certification program that diminishes the gene pool of this rare horse breed is not acceptable to Blarney Stone Acre's Gypsy Horses, especially if the certification process is governed by an individual for monetary gain exercising dominion over various matters unrelated to the integrity of a particular horse, including its owner's web site activity and registry choice.

Purcell's Gypsy Horses - Big Sky, Montana
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