Black Pearl Gypsy Farm is owned and operated by Wanda and Paul Blacksmith. The farm is run solely by Paul, myself and my sister Theresa and at times we can bribe the kids to do some feeding. We do alot of traveling to obtain top quality stock and to continue our education of this wonderful breed. We also do rescue work with horses. In addition to the horse farm we are musicians having been in bands for the past 16 yrs. We have traveled the road to all four corners of the U.S with this and it has been (and still is) an adventure.   We also work full time jobs.  

This is Paul and I with Colty the sire to our 2008 filly Dalliance.

I  have been fascinated with the Gypsy breed for  the past 11 yrs. I had seen these horses, but could not find them our any information on them for years. I gave up for awhile thinking that I had not seen what I thought I has saw. It made no sense to look for a horse that apparently didn't exsist. I grew up with horses and nothing I had ever seen was as gorgeous as this elusive horse. Finally I found the gypsy breed and was relieved that I wasn't as crazy as I thought I was and ecstatic that I could now finally get a horse. Now my husband had never been around horses so was not interested at all. So, my childhood copy of Black Beauty was placed in the restroom and all his stuff was removed so he would be forced to relate with horses. I then did more research because getting the horse I had seen so many years ago wasn't that easy. Alot of what I saw was called a gypsy but it was not   the long flowing mane ,tail and feather that I dreamed of. Also the price was CRAZY. My husband finally finished the book and we finally bought a mare Clononeen   Kinsale.   Black Beauty ROCKS!     Kinsale gave birth to our first ever foal. This was a colt which we named Black Pearl's Cornelius. They are both registered with the GVHS. Much to our regret we sent these two off into the world so that our breeding program could bloom. When I bought Kinsale I just wanted a riding horse but the more I got into the breed the more of a plan I developed. Its still not completely evolved yet and maybe it will. But that is the fun part of it is having and adventure! And this breed surely can lead you on one.

These are all the kids that help with the horses. Mostly feeding them treats ,but every little bit of human contact works. 3 of the kids are mine and the other are my nieces and nephew. We all (horses included) live on the same property so the horses are exposed to laughing, screaming, playing kids on bikes and scooters. They also hear loud live music weekly along with just about every other kind of noise you could think of.

This is my sister Theresa. She owns Rebel so helps keep things going around here.