Are gypsy cob horses the same as gypsy vanner horses?
Yes.. found this The Name Game As you do your research into the Gypsy Horse, you will hear it referred to by many different names. Among those are Gypsy Cob, Tinker Horse, Romany Horse, Irish Cob, and Gypsy Vanner. These are all names that refer to the exact same breed of Horse – The heavy, colored cob bred by the Gypsies of England and Ireland. It really doesn’t matter what name you use, but we feel it’s important that we at least be aware of the origins of the names, and where it’s proper and improper to use a particular name. In addition, let’s remember that the breed is still in it’s infancy, and that we are recording the early chapters of it’s introduction to the Americas. We owe it to the future of the breed to be aware of as much factual information as we can. If you ask a Gypsy man what name is used to refer to his horse, the most common answer you will hear is that he simply calls them “colored cobs”. It is from this reference that the name “Gypsy Cob” was derived and is in co
