Shelbie Howell & 4C Flashy Maya amaze the crowd with their first place finish! Eight year old Shelbie Howell with 4C Flashy Maya in tow beat out 7 other contestants for the blue ribbon in Trail in Hand at the Celtic Horse Show in Stillwater. Trail in Hand is a class that is made up of different obstacles that the contestant must maneuver their horse through. Shelbie and Maya executed the obstacles with amazing grace and perfection. Shelbie’s cousin Gracie Hearon finished a close third with her horse 4C Little Gypsy Fable. The Trail in Hand Class was made up of Adult participates with the exception of Shelbie & Gracie. Fable took first in Halter Mare shown by Hallie Hearon with Maya shown by Gracie finishing second. Maya ridden by Cylen Howell, Fable ridden by Hallie, and Romany CR ridden by Gracie took first in Lead Line. Fable also placed first in Western Pleasure and Western Equitation with Layla Smith in the saddle. Congratulation Girls!!! Maya and The horses of 4C’s Gypsy Horses will also be competing in the Draft & Gypsy Horse Show the first weekend of the Oklahoma State Fair.

April 29th thru May 2nd 4C's Gypsy Horses attented the Red River Classic Morgan Horse Show.  NEW FOR 2010 - THE ADDITION OF GYPSY HORSES! The show was held in the Hardy Murphy Coliseum in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

In just his first outing 4C Lord Calidore's Gypsum placed 1st in 3 different classes Halter Stallion Under 3, Broken Color Stallion, & Amatuer Halter with Corry Hearon as his handler. Corry went on to win the High Point Amatuer Award.

Shelbie Howell with 4C Flashy Maya finished a well deserved second in Youth Showmanship. Shelbie's smile as she received her ribbon was what this is all about. She told me coming out of the ring that she couldn't quite smiling. Maya also finished 3rd in Amatuer Halter & 4th in Most Hair with Hallie Hearon as the handler, and 3rd & 4th in Halter Mares under 2 & Broken Color Mare with Gracie Hearon as her handler.

4C Little Gypsy Fable won 1st in Solid Color Mare & 2nd in Halter Mare 3 & over. 4C LK's Suleo placed 3rd in 2 & under stallions. Both were handled by Brenda.

Gypsy Horses Win The Second Place Trophy at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

ERIN GO BRAGH! Everyone have a Great St. Patrick's Day. And 4C’s Gypsy Horses had a fabulous St. Patrick’s Day at the 28^th Annual Oklahoma City’s Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Representing 4C’s and decorated with green sparkling shamrocks was CDF Miss Daisy, 4C Flashy Maya and 4C Little Gypsy Fable. Chinkapin Gypsy Ranch in Skiatok was represented by Jagger and Tulian. Miss Daisy led the Gypsies with Penny Collins in the saddle. Hallie and Gracie rode Fable and Cylen rode Maya with Shelbie leading her down the route. The parade began at Walker and Sheridan and proceed East down Sheridan into Bricktown. It was a grand day of Irish music and laughter and of course green. 4C’s enjoyed being a part of welcoming the “Greening” of spring to Oklahoma City.

4C Windsor Trail In-Hand GHRA World Champion

Twas a few weeks before Christmas and out on the Gypsy farm all the horses were wondering who’d prance in the parade. Randy was planning on Miss Daisy going driving, but Brenda was reluctant to give it a try, and what about Maya and Maladi or Fable & Beauty maybe take Susan, Scarlett, & Windsor let’s not forget Suleo & Gypsum and of course the bell of the ball Miss Nala herself.

So up to Main Street the 4C’s Gypsy trailer traveled with four lucky Gypsies and their loyal subjects, too. As the trailer pulled in there arose such a gathering and the trailer doors were thrown open to everyone’s Ohs and Ahs. And what to their eyes do they see but the 4 lucky Gypsies—Miss Daisy, Maladi, Maya, & Fable.

Miss Daisy led the way pulling the cart. Maladi carried Cylen and showed Coebe the way. Maya walked proudly letting Gracie & Shelbie tag beside. Fable held Hallie with Richie & Reese following along, and McHale, Emory, Bella, Ava, Audra, & Julie looked on.

As the parade ended we heard the Gypsies exclaim Merry Christmas to All and to All a Happy New Year!!!!

September 17^th thru 20^th 4C’s Gypsy Horses took the Oklahoma State Fair by storm bringing 10 horses for the Gypsy and Draft Horse Show. Although this was quite an undertaking we had a great time and survived the washing and grooming of Susan, Suleo, Scarlett, Gypsum, Windsor, Beauty, Maladi, Maya, Fable, and Nala. We enjoyed a very successful show and enjoyed talking to all that came by. Can’t wait til next year!!

While I share a love for horses with Brenda, I also like using my hands to create one of a kind pieces of art, like custom gates. I fabricated the white gates for our main entrance from materials we had at our Steel Company in Oklahoma City. I have decided to share this artwork and now offer my services, I can build off of your idea or I can design  for you. I am working on another Gypsy Horse gate now but the skies the limit! So whatever your love is I can make a gate you can be proud of ! Thanks, Randy   

June 20-21^st 4C’s Gypsy Horses attend the Celtic Festival at the Payne County Fair Grounds in Stillwater. The Celtic Festival is a yearly festival dedicated to celebrating our roots in Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Galacia, Brittany, Scotland, and Isle of Man with an exploration of the history, dance, culture, and music from the Celtic Nations. Irish dance, live Music, sheep dog demo, pipe band, Viking living history, and Celtic horse demos. Representing 4C’s at the festival was Miss Daisy, Maladi, & Fable. Following the demo Daisy and Maladi let the little ones jump aboard and gave lots of free rides. After the Gypsy Horse demos on Saturday we enjoyed a chili dinner with other Celtic Horse owners and discussed the possibility of having a Celtic Horse Show at this venue next year.

The Scissortail Day Camp, Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma visited 4C’s Gypsy Horses on June the 16th. Seventeen girl scouts, their leaders, and siblings joined us to learn about Gypsy Horses. After introducing and letting all the visitors pet and hug the horses, Brenda gave several demonstrations including saddling, harnessing, and grooming. The Girl Scouts and their leaders were given an old fashioned hay ride though 4C’s pastures by Randy and his big green tractor. The girls received packets to commemorate their visit that included color pages, a 4C pen, 8 X 10 photos of the horses, and Gypsy Horse information. Another enjoyable visit for 4C’s Gypsy Horses.

Maladi, Maya, Shelbie, Coebe, Brenda, & Randy just returned from the Texas Gypsy and Drum Horse Summer Classic which was held June 13-14, 2009 in McKinney, Texas. This event was put on by the Show Your Gypsy Horse Club. This was Maladi & Shelbie’s riding début and they walked away with the blue ribbon in lead line. Shelbie and Maya finished second in Halter Yearlings, first in Costume Class, and second in Junior Showmanship.  Maladi finished first in Halter Mares 3 yrs. Old, third in Most Hair Class, & 6^th in Color Class Mares. The heat was exhausting, but we enjoyed the show. We had a great time and enjoyed seeing and talking to all of our Gypsy Horse friends.

On May 29^th, 2009 4C’s Gypsy Horses welcomed 41 visitors from the Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled. Their ages ranged from 18 to 60. From the looks on their surprised and happy faces I think that both the guests and the horses had a great time.  We at 4C’s hope everyone enjoyed themselves and enjoyed seeing the horses as much as we enjoyed having them come to the farm. After lunch under the shade of the tall oak trees our guests loaded their buses with Nala following along and headed back to Oklahoma City.

I LOVE A PARADE!!!  AND OKC ST. PATRICK'S IS THE #1 PARADE!!!!

The St. Patrick’s Parade was held this year on March 14, 2009 at 1 PM OKC with Irish and Scot in full force. For 27 Years Oklahoma City has been marching with the best in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. http://www.okcstpatsparade.com/ United Scottish Clans of Oklahoma has been there almost all of that time with the mass pipe bands The last few years USCO has added Scottie and Westies  http://www.okwestierescue.com/, Irish Dancers, athletes, and lots and lots of green. www.gypsydreams.com and www.4cgypsyhorses.com brought authentic Irish Horses. Splash, Jagger, 4C Flashy Maya handled by Shelbie Howell, and 4C Maladi handled by Hallie Hearon represented the Oklahoma Gypsy Horses, and wowed the crowd with their awesome beauty.

On a routine Sunday morning in November we received a phone call from aconvenience store in town, someone was needing directions to our ranch. We had no idea of who our visitors would be. A short time later 2 cars drove through our front gates, one lady got out of one of the cars and the 2 cars left! How strange we thought. Brenda went outside and the lady introduced herself as Carin Herrick from England! She was in OKC for the World Quarter Horse Show. Carin said that she had found our website and wanted to see our "coloured cobs". Her friends were more interested in finding a place to eat breakfast, so we gave her a tour and visited for about an hour. Carin has gypsies and lives near Appleby-in-Westmoreland. What an exciting day this turned out to be. She has since emailed us and is sending photos of the Appleby Fair. She said she would be back next year and told us we had to come to England and attend the Appleby Fair.