2021 USEF HOTY
Purebred Connemara Mare in Hand No standings Purebred Connemara Stallion or Gelding No standings Purebred Connemara Hunter Purebred Connemara Jumper No standings Halfbred Connemara Hunter
12/15/2022
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12/15/2022
Megan Lichty
Megan’s love for horses started early in life, she was obsessed with all things horses – books, movies, toys, and started begging for riding lessons
07/25/2022
2020 Achievement Awards
Competitive Dressage Certificate Shammer Eagle (*Canal Laurinston x Shammer Tessie Sparrow) O: Leigh Ellen Ertle Silver Piedmont Herman (Balmullo’s Beacon x Ruby) O: Gardner Cook
12/31/2020
Marynell Eyles
The Eyles family seems to have been chosen by the Connemara breed for a lifetime of devotion. When a breed of equine suits your family’s
12/01/2020
Laura Balding
In the late 50’s our Mother discovered Connemara Ponies. My best mount at the time was a 17.3hh Thoroughbred, called Happy Landing. I took him
12/01/2020
Inspections in the United States
Connemara ponies were first brought to the United States in the 1950’s, primarily as children’s riding ponies. The American Connemara Pony Society (ACPS) was formed
11/30/2020
The First Inspections
There have been ponies in Connemara since at least 1399, the date of the first written account. They have been described over the centuries in
11/30/2020
Joan Webster
I “met” my first Connemara in 1974—a purebred Connemara stallion, ridden by an eight-year-old girl in a low-key, rural, children’s schooling show! It was a
07/29/2020
Liz Platais
I became a lifetime member of the ACPS in 1973. I traveled extensively through Europe, England, and Ireland with my mother, Rachel Page Elliott, author
07/29/2020
Donna Duckworth
I began raising connemaras over 35 years ago when a 2-year-old Arabian gelding (sold to her by a very aggressive salesperson who, try as Donna
07/29/2020
Caroline Nesbitt
I began my love affair with Connemaras at the age of nine, from photos in English pony books whose breed descriptions routinely featured Terese of
07/29/2020
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