# Stow-on-the-Wold Gypsy Horse Fair Pictures 2003

> Pictures of the Gypsy Horse Fair at Stow-on-the-Wold on 15 May 2003, the twice-yearly gathering where hundreds of horses are paraded and sold.

URL: https://cotswolds.info/horsefair.htm  
Section: Cotswolds Tourist Guide  
Location: Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (51.93, -1.723)

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## Pictures of the Gypsy Horse Fair
at Stow-on-the-Wold
Thursday 15 May 2003

The gypsy horse fair attracts hundreds of sightseers to Stow twice a year. Gypsies gather from all corners of England for a meet and greet and hundreds of horses are paraded and sold, all in one day. It's quite a site! So how did it all begin and why Stow-on-the-Wold. As you might expect, when dealing with a Cotswold tradition, you have to go back a very long way.

Click here to read the history of the Horse Fair.
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![Some of the many visitors to the Horse Fair](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/horsefair005.jpg)

**Some of the many visitors on their way to the Horse Fair**

![Gypsies negotiating over the sale of a horse](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520009.jpg)

**Gypsies negotiating over the price of a horse**

![Typical Romany Caravan](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520008.jpg)

**Typical Romany Travelers Caravan**

![Gypsies and visitors mingle](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520010.jpg)

**Gypsies and visitors mingle to get the 'crack'**

![Boiling the kettle over an open fire](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520016.jpg)

**Boiling water over an open fire and 'Tellin the Tale'**

![Curiosity over a Gypsy Caravan](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520012.jpg)

**Curiosity over a gypsy Caravan**

![Gypsy Horses at their best 'bib and tucker'](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520029.jpg)

**Horses at their 'best bib and tucker' for Trade**

![Horses for Trade](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520058.jpg)

![Watching the Trotting of the Ponies](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520023.jpg)

**The 'Trotting of the Ponies'**

![Trotting](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520064.jpg)

![Young Gypsy Lad bare back riding at full trot](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520040.jpg)

**Bare Back at Full Trot! - "Mind Yer Backs!!!!!"**

![Horse and Racing Cart at full trot](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520055.jpg)

**Horse and Racing Cart at 'Full Trot'**

![Classic Towing Transport](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520050.jpg)

![Bedford Truck towing transport](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520051.jpg)

Classic Caravan Towing

Old Bedford Truck for Horse Trailers

![A gypsy congregation](https://cotswolds.info/images/horsefair/Horsefair%2520049.jpg)

**A Gypsy Congregation**