8 / Sport and Trail Magazine
By Jennifer Rose
© Tamara Gooch Photography
L
ord Xalvador is one of a kind, not only in how he entered this world, but also his amazing temperament and color! He is the second Spotted LP (leopard pattern) Gypsian in the world!
Since then his sire Silver has sired a couple other spotted gypsians and the are quite popular. Xalvador is great with other horses, kids, dogs, and has become a main horse for me to ride as a guide horse for my beach rides. He only has two foals on the ground from 2018, colt and a filly and both are solid bays but utterly fantastic and very fancy!
Spotted LP (leopard pattern) Gypsian in
the world!
It all started for me, quite by
accident, with a little Haflinger
mare named Rosie
It all began with my first Haflinger mare I
got on trade back in 2004. I was excited
to get a ‘free’ horse, but I didn’t know what
to do with a 13 hand, 4 year old unbroke
mare. So, I figured I’d sell her after training
her so I could get a bigger horse. As it
happened, this Haflinger inspired a
breeding program and my next horse; a
haflinger/gypsy cross I brought home in
2008. I always loved the Gypsy breed and
their temperament seemed so similar to
that of the Haflinger breed I had fallen for.
The combination provided the athletic
abilities of the Haflinger and the color
options of the Gypsy, and enough feather
to look neat but not overwhelming. The
cross seemed perfect.
The Gypsy Stallion; Hermit's
Silver Shadow
In 2012 I got my first Gypsy stallion,
Hermit’s Silver Shadow, on a breed lease
to own. I brought Silver to the Equine
Affair in Pomona that same year where I
did a Gypsy Breed demo, when I met
Diane Harris, owner and breeder of
Happy Camp Cobs in southern California.
Ms. Harris really liked Silver. She had a
Friesian mare named Vangie she was
interested in having me take for a breed
lease to cross with Silver. I was honored
and excited.
Lord Xalvador ridden, owned and trained by Jennifer Rose
Ridden in the photo by Lindsey Hester