This scholarship is generously sponsored by the American Connemara Pony Society (ACPS). The American Connemara Pony Society and Dressage4Kids are pleased to announce that Elan
70th Annual ACPS Meeting September 25-27 Dulles Doubletree in Herndon, VA Download and complete the following registration form to register for the meeting. All ACPS
July 18, 2026 – July 19, 2026 ACPS Region III Annual Show including Dressage, Combined Tests, In-hand classes for purebred Connemaras, halfbreds, and other Mountain
Hartland Riding Club Horse Show to benefit the Sally Cowdrey Memorial Scholarship Fund & The 60th Annual ACPS Region 1 ConnemaraBreed Show Unified Prizelist and
USEF Article by Isabelle Whiteside/US Equestrian Communications Dept. | Apr 15, 2026, 10:08 AM Cross country day at the Defender Kentucky Three Day Event presented
Read about Braden Speck and his Connemara-cross BSF Liam competing at the highest level of eventing.
An article by Danielle Comley has been posted on the Yourdressage website.
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
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
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
The ACPS Tre Awain Halfbred award goes to a Connemara halfbred who has had a career of outstanding accomplishment and durability , both competitive and
Nora Goldfarb and Ridgetop Pirate Blue Margo Goldfarb is the 2025 recipient of the Deb Busta adult scholarship which recognizes adult amateur riders of Connemaras.
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
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
On June 18, 2001, a dark bay colt with a big white star was foaled at Mary Lou Thall’s Triple Creek Farm in New York.
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
Tre Awain Ginger Blue is a 14.1 hand grey stallion, foaled in 1982, sired by Gilnocky Ard Righ MacDaire, out of Tre Awain Linnet’s Lass.
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