MALAKAND

Hello, thank you for visiting our website.  If you’re wondering where I got the name Malakand from, it’s  the Malakand Pass in Pakistan which connects the district of Peshawar to the Swat Valley and is very beautiful and very treacherous.  I lived there for a long time, loved it, loved the name, and now I’m using it for our Gypsy stud.

We were about to start breeding QHs, Paints and Arabs when Gypsies suddenly swung into focus for me about four years ago.  I did a lot of googling and a lot of emailing and in March 2009 our beautiful fat (pregnant) Magpie became part of our lives.  In June her piebald yearling colt Hemlock and his classy skewbald filly friend Belladonna arrived also.  They all came from the Vines Gypsy Stud in Kent, UK.

Magpie  produced Danelaugh, the first Gypsy born in WA, in November 2009.   Dane carries the rare pearl gene which, combined with a cream or another pearl, can produce a very unusual colour, like a milkshake.

Magpie has now moved to a happy new home in Victoria.

Our property is in Greenhills about half an hour from York in WA.  Most of the property is on a sort of plateau above a rocky breakaway.   We have two Arab mares, two QH mares and an Appaloosa mare as well as our only Gypsy mare for the moment, Belladonna.   Next year we hope to be able to offer some classy Gypsy crosses for sale from our Arab and QH mares.  Belladonna’s foal next year may also be for sale.

Our buckskin QH mare Bonnie is weeks away from foaling.  This will be Hemlock’s first baby and will be for sale.

Hemlock is standing only to our own mares this year but we anticipate next year he will be good and ready to face mares from outside.   Dane will also be ready for outside mares next year.  They are both classy colts and we are keen to watch them develop into virile young stallions over the next few years.

There is no need for me to explain the origins of the Gypsy cob.  They are well documented elsewhere.   If you have a real interest in meeting our Gypsies and would like to know more about the breed we would love to show you around. 

Please email for an appointment – malakand@westnet.com.au or you can telephone us on 9641 7014, mobile 0412 456 232.

Mary and Valentine