The Connemara Story
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This booklet is espescially prepared for your interest in the Connemara Pony. We hope this booklet will familiarize you with the breed.
This booklet is espescially prepared for your interest in the Connemara Pony. We hope this booklet will familiarize you with the breed.
In preparation for the 2017 competitive season, three ACPS Region 8 eventers – and their Connemara mounts – attended a fall clinic with three-time Olympic medalist and four-time national champion Jimmy Wofford.
Each rider gained priceless individual instruction and encouragement from this highly respected clinician and coach at the mid-September Mile High Horse Ranch event in Parker, Colorado.
Werner and Marjolein Geven, professional riders and trainers based at Poplar Place Farm in Georgia, had long been searching for their daughter Tessa’s next perfect pony without success when a friend told them of a nice Connemara in need of a good home. The very same day they drove to meet him and instantly knew he was the one.
by Leslie Threlkeld for EN
A popular phrase notes that “everything’s bigger in Texas,” and one could say that also applies to Fifinella GCF. The 15-1-hand Connemara/Hanoverian cross mare may have appeared almost diminutive next to her huge Warmblood competitors, but in the Second Level Adult Amateur Championship she proved that size doesn’t matter, carrying her owner/rider Bonnie Canter of Houston, Texas (Region 9) to an impressive score of 72.317% and victory in the class of 30.
Tryon, NC: The Four Leaf Clovers didn’t come home with a whole bunch of ribbons but they were all winners nonetheless!! Much fun was had, many lessons were learned, and lifelong friendships were made.
Sun. Mar. 17, 2019: Connemara Tea |
Sat. May. 11, 2019: Field Day |
Sat. Jul. 20, 2019: 53rd Annual Connemara Breed Show |
Sun. Jul. 21, 2019: 53rd Annual Connemara Breed Show |
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