Genna's Pedigree
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 We choose the name Genesis for it’s religious significance and also because it signifies a beginning. Genesis was our first Gypsy Horse, and the beginning of what has become a lifelong relationship with this special breed. Genna, which we call her for short, is a very typey mare with loads of feather, a thick mane and tail and good heavy bone. She is super sweet and is the mare everyone who visits but can’t ride climbs on without a single concern. She is the temperament the Gypsies looked for in their horses.  Aside from her beautiful black and white coat pattern, good temperament and lots of hair, this mare is extremely well bred, with names like, Chief, The Old Horse of Whales, The Midget Mare, The Original Kent Horse, The Horseshoe Mare, The Irish Stallion and the Wagon Mare in her lineage. Wow this is foundation breeding!  She is broke to ride and drive and works like a faithful old dog. When Genna was two (and our only Gypsy Horse) we all headed out for a trail ride. Being so mild mannered even at that age we put our then 11-year-old daughter on her. We all rode out into the steep terrain of the East Bay trails in the SF Bay Area. Our daughter was heavy into English riding and used an English saddle for the trail ride. With one horse in the lead and three behind her we headed down a steep ravine when the English Saddle flipped and my daughter tumbled over Genna’s head and landed square on her neck, her head hitting hard on a rock. Now any number of things could have happened and having been around horses our whole lives my husband and I instantly saw all the worst-case scenarios and became extremely concerned over the situation.  Genna could have gone right over the top of my daughter who was lying injured only inches in front of her. This would have been the most likely outcome with most horses, as the lead horse was young and making a huge fuss in front of her and the three other horses behind her were all pushing on her in an effort to get their footing and keep moving back toward the barn. She could have turned and left the scene as no one had her reins anymore leaving a clear path for the three horse behind her to trample right over the top of our daughter who we were afraid to move due to her neck and head injury.  To say the least things could have gotten A LOT worse. They didn’t. Genna planted her big round draft hoofs squarely where they had stopped when she lost her young rider; she planted them there with her reins dangling freely and stood like a rock protectively over her our little girl. Everyone there swears this mare was fiercely protecting our daughter from not only her own hoofs but the 12 frantic ones behind her trying to get home and slipping around in extremely steep terrain. Remember this was a two-year-old horse with less than thirty days of training under her cinch. We knew then that these horses were special and there has been no looking back since! What more can we say about this great mare!!

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