West Coast Connemara Show and Inspections
The West Coast Connemara Show will be held June 20-22, 2025 at Brookside Equestrian Park in Elk Grove, CA. Region 10 ACPS Connemara Inspection/Evaluation will
01/29/2025
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Dressage4Kids Announces the American Connemara Pony Society Scholarship
The American Connemara Pony Society Dressage4Kids Scholarship, generously sponsored by the American Connemara Pony Society, provides financial support to eligible riders ages 25 and under
01/13/2025
*Grange Finch
Imported by Susan McConnell, *Grange Finch was Inspected and Approved Premium stallion with many proven get This Stallion is Deceased! No Live Foal Guarantee
12/03/2024
2023 ACPS Achievement Awards
FINAL 2023 ACPS Achievement Award WinnersFebruary 5, 2024 2023 Competitive Awards Dressage Dressage Certificate –*Elodon Zodiac (Century Hills Aedan Zodiac x Castlebar Gaelic ) O:Jill
11/25/2024
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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