Author: Cheryl

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Inspectors

Alex Piaget

I was born and raised in England and have been fortunate to grow up around horses, competingin eventing, show jumping, and showing both sidesaddle and

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Inspectors

Kim Gates

Kim Gates is a lifelong horsewoman. She grew up in Pony Club and showed hunters as a child. She was a successful equitation rider. Kim

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Awards

2025 Bonus Purebred COTY

The BONUS purebred Connemaras of the year for 2025 are three brothers bred and owned and loved by Cynthia Richards on the Brown Farm in

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Famous Feats

In 1935 at the International Horse Show in Olympia London, the 22-year-old, 15 hand Connemara gelding, The Nugget, cleared a 7’2” jump and subsequently won

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Pony Profiles

Windy Hollow Lilia

The first year I rode Lil her owner, Amy Plavin, told me about this award called the Golden Shamrock. I did not think much about

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Pony Profiles

Balius Kerry Blue

Balius Kerry Blue moved from Novice Level eventing to Intermediate in less than three seasons and according to the USEA records, she was the first

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