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12/06
- See our Gypsy Horses
for Sale! Pictures have been updated!
We also have two top quality Drum Horses
available, a coming yearling gelding and
a coming 2 filly!
11/06
- We have added two new mares to our hear...Gypsy
Vanner mares, Shona
and Bella.
10/06
- The show season is over! Slainte ended
the season with three Supreme Championships
and one Reserve Championship. Cobalt our
three year old co-owned stallion, with Wildcreek
Farm, ended the season with One Supreme
Championship and one reserve Championship!
We are proud of our boys!
9/05
- Look for us at Equine Affaire in Kentucky,
September 16-19. Chew Mill Guinness will
represent the Drum Horses during the GCDHA
breed demo and Our Champion Vanner stallion,
"Slainte" will represent The GVHS.
Also look for newcomer to the show world,
"Cobalt", owned by Wildcreek Farm
of Ohio. Cobalt will make his debut at EA,
also representing the GVHS.
UPDATE!
Equine Affaire was great. For a first year,
it was well attended, and the horses got
great exposure! Cobalt was in his first
Breed Demo and also represented the GVHS
breed booth. He was better than expected,
and adored all of the people! Slainte also
represented the breed booth and was in the
Vanner demo. He has become an old pro! CM
Guinness, the only Drum in attendance in
Kentucky, and his 6th Equine Affaire in
a row was in both the GCDHA breed booth
as well as the Breed Demo.
8/05
- Our Gypsy Vanner Stallion, Slainte, took
Supreme Grand Champion at the GVHS Show
in Ohio. He also took 1st in Western Pleasure
and 2nd out of 20 horses in the Vanner color
class. We were thrilled with his behavior
and proud of his acomplishments! See below
for more information from the show!
5/05
- Two with one to go! Foals that is. :)
We have had two great looking fillies, a
Drum and a Clyde. The Clyde filly has Armageddon
lines and is offered for sale. Visit our
Sales Page for more
info.
4/05
- Embryo Transfer foals are available this
year! reserve now, as we are only producing
four! Visit our Sales
Page for more info.
1/05
- Look for us at the Ohio State Fair on
August 13th 2005in the Gypsy Vanner Horse
classes! Slainte, Angel and Boromir will
all be there!
1/04
- Slainte
is now a "spokes-horse" for Dac
Oil! One of the top Mineral and Vitamin
supplements in the country! For more information
on DAC Products contact Old Mill Farm.
3/04
- Attention Mare owners... Slainte has been
approved with the Gypsy Vanner Horse Society!
Slainte is also registered with the GCDHA
and the ICS.
4/04
- Confused by Genotyping? Click here
to read a simplified version of genetic
coloring and patterns.
6/04
- Old Mill Farm is pleased to announce we
had two lovely CM
Guinness Bred foals this year on our
farm! A colt and a filly and both colored!!
We
also had a solid colt, Killian bred out
of our new Drum Horse mare, Bell. His sire
is a "Drum Horse", Seymour, located
in England. At this point in time, his lines
are totally unrepresented in the United
States!
11/04
- Old Mill Farm is gearing up for Breeding
season 2005. Request your contracts now.
To keep bloodlines valuable, each stallion
is offering only a limited number of outside
breedings. Visit our sales page for foals
bred out of our personal stock as well.
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As
Seen In
Old
Mill Farm has been the subject of many articles,
spotlights, etc... Here are just a few publications,
websites and so on that we have been in.
Cowboys
& Indians
Horse
Illustrated
Equine
Journal
DAC
Product Catalog
Equine
Affaire Website
*How
to Draw Horses (the book)
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Come
see us at the following events! More
will be added as we receive the sign up
information.
2008
Events
National
Events
April
10-13, 2008. Equine Affire, Ohio.
We will be there with 5 horses!
Local
Events:
June
2008. Judged Trail Ride. Hosted at RS Paso
Finos.
August
2008, DTBA. The Farmington Volunteer Fire
Department parade.
August
2008, DTBA. The
Fayette County Fair Open Horse Show.
August
2008, DTBA. The
Sommerset County Fair Open Horse Show. |
Our
horses are bred for purpose, below are some events
that we have participated in over the last several
years. Please click on title of the page to view
more photos and information regarding that particular
event.
National
and Local Events
National
Pike Wagon Train - 2002
Old
Mill Farm participated in the historical National
Wagon Train that follows the historical Route
40 (National Pike). Approximately 100 horses participate
annually. Molly, our first Gypsy Horse mare pulled
a restored "Oiler" Wagon and Mike and
Ted our Black Percheron team pulled an authentic
'Prairie Schooner" once owned by Coors Light!
Equine
Affaire, OHIO March 2003
Old
Mill Farm was proud to offer Guinness in the Gypsy
Cob and Drum Horse Breed Demo! His manners and
presentation were unsurpassed! Guinness also stood
as a featured Drum Horse in the GCDHA Breed Booth.
We
look forward to next year's Ohio Equine Affaire
- March-25-28-2004.
  
Area
Trail Ride - Fall 2003
Everyone
with horses in the Farmington, Chalk Hill and
Ohiopyle area get together annually to go on a
group trail ride hosted at a local farm. It's
just a fun day to kick back and enjoy a picnic
lunch afterwards. The ride takes about 5 hours
to complete and scans across two cities! The woods
in which we ride are the same that the Battle
of Fort Neccesity was fought on! Below: Rhonda,
Vonnie and Daniel, with Molly on the left, Angel
on the right and Dakoda's ears showing thru the
trailer (if you look hard enough).
Equine
Affaire in Massachusetts Nov 2003
Once again,
Old Mill Farm participated in Equine Affaire Mass.
Our Drum Horse Guinness and our Gypsy Horses Slainte
and Angel were there as examples of the Breeds.
Old Mill
Farm will participate in Equine Affaire Mass in
2004!
Equine
Affaire, Ohio - March 2004
Equine
Affaire in Ohio, 2004, was a great success. Guinness
and Slainte participated in individual Drum Horse
and Gypsy Horse Breed Demos. Apollo, Guinness'
American Bred and born Colt , made his first public
appearance.
Equine
Extravaganza, Virginia - April 2004
Equine
Extravaganza proved to be a great highlight this
year! The Gypsy Cob and the Drum Horse found great
exposure, and for the first time, The Gypsy Horses
were out-numbered by the Drum Horses! Guinness
and Slainte both participated in 2 Breed Demos,
The Parade of Breeds
during the evening show, Stallion Avenue and the
GCDHA Breed Booth!
Somerset
County Sheriff's Pose Judged Trail Ride June 2004
Old
Mill Farm participated in this worthy fundraiser.
We plan on participating in 2005 as well.
Farmington
Volunteer Fire Department Parade August 2004
We
try to get the horses out to local events as much
as possible. The Farmington Parade is a community
event hosted by the local volunteer fire department.
The horses, as always, were well behaved and of
course were a crowd pleaser!!! Here are some photos
both Gypsy/Drum Horse and others from our community!
(Nco's Gypsy Vanner stallion, in training with
us, also participated, making this his first event.
He took the 20+ horses, fire engines and sirens
all in stride!)
Equine
Affaire in Massachusetts Nov 11-14 2004
As
expected Equine Affaire Massachusetts had one
of the biggest turn outs ever! The crowd was inviting
and of course were thrilled to see excellent specimens
representing the Gypsy Horse breed!
Equine
Affaire, Ohio - April 2005
We
had a great four sunny days at Equine Affaire!
The GVHS and the GCDHA both shared a breed Demo
on Thursday and on Friday the GCDHA hosted the
Drum horse breed demo, with some of the nations
most recognized Drum Horse's participating!
Somerset
County Sheriff's Pose Judged Trail Ride June 2005
Once
again Old Mill Farm participated in this fundraiser.
GVHS
2005 Ohio Show August 2005
With
aproximatly 40 Gypsy Vanners, this was the largest
gathering in American history for this breed!
Slainte, Boromir and Angel represented Old Mill
Farm at the event!
Equine
Affaire, Louisville, KY- September 2005
Louisville,
KY, the fourth and newest location for the countries'
largest Equine based trade show, went better than
expected.
Equine
Affaire, Columbus Ohio, April 2005
Chew
Mill Guinness, Slainte and Cobalt all participated.
Each horse had at least two demos with Slainte
participating in 5 over the course of 4 days!
(Below, Chew Mill Guinness in the background with
Slainte on the inside)
Auglaize
County Fairgrounds Gypsy Vanner Show Wapakoneta,
Ohio on July 8-9, 2006
1st
day - Show Highlights: Vanner stallion Slainte
took Reserve Champion Stallion, and won the Get
of Sire class, with Darby.
2nd
day - Show Highlights: Vanner Stallion Slainte
took Supreme Champion Vanner and Cobalt took Reserve
Champion.
Fayette
County Fair Open Show, July 30, 2006
Fayette
County's annual Horse show was held on July 30,
2006. We joined many local horse owners and friends
of ours. We are proud to say, Slainte took 1st
out of 12 Horses, mostly Quarter Horses!!!! He
also took 4th in Western Pleasure, again out of
a full class.
GVHS
2006 Ohio State Fair Show August 11-12
Slainte
took Supreme Grand Champion, see each individual
horse's page for more details.
  
GVHS
2006 Oklahoma Show
2007
Ohio Equine Affaire
Info
and pictures coming soon!!!
2007
Kentucky Gypsy and Drum Horse Classic
Info
and pictures coming soon!!!
On
the Farm
Here are some fun events and activites that take
place on the farm.
Jan
20, 2006 Group Trail Ride
Unable
to resist a 60 degree day in January!!!! Rhonda,
Daniel and Vonnie hit the trails!
Other
Events - Just to list
a few of the highlighted events that we have participated
in.
4/2002 -
Nemacolin Woodlands
Open Schooling Show. Molly took 1st in the
Mare Pleasure Driving Class.
4/2003 -
Nemacolin Woodlands Open Schooling Show.
Chew Mill Guinness took 1st out of 3 in the Open
English Pleasure Class. Molly took 1st in the
Mare Pleasure Driving Class.
6/2003 -
Team Penning. Molly was part of a team
that took 5th out of nearly 20 teams! Angel was
part of a team that took 2nd at the same competition!
8/2003 -
Cherokee Open Fun Show. Chew Mill Guinness
took 1st out of 8 in the command class. 1st in
Egg and Spoon out of 10, and 1st in bareback dollar
out of 10.
10/2003
- Sommerset County Saddle Club. Chew
Mill Guinness was shown saddleseat and took 4th
out of 11 horses!
7/2004
- Gypsy Vanner and Drum Horse demo for the
Fayette County 4-H groups. We appreciated
the oportunity to introduce this group to the
future horsemen and women of Fayette county. Our
Drum Horse stallion, Guinness put on his saddleseat
routine and Molly, one of our mares, demonstrated
the Gypsy Horse's ability to drive!
7/2005
- Gypsy Vanner and Drum Horse demo for the
Fayette County 4-H groups. We had even more
questions the second time around! Again a BIG
thank you to the Fayette County 4-H leaders for
inviting us. Our stallion Slainte, was shown in
hand, and was a huge hit! And Chew Mill Guinness
was also in hand, due to recent surgery that Vonnie
had.
6/2006
- Gypsy Vanner demonstration for UJCC Daycare
and Preschool. Our Gypsy Vanner mare Angel,
traveled down the mountain to visit with the children
of the UJCC Daycare and Preschool program! There
she visited with children ages 1 to 12! The children
learned about the history of the Vanner, what
her tail and mane are for, how horse shoes are
put on and the difference between Western and
English Tack. We were impressed with the questions
that we received and how well behaved all the
children were!
"Non-Horsey
Events"
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