Junior Driver Wins Big

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Published: August 17, 2015

Cazenovia, NY:  Rebecca Shields and DryBrook Bailey's Irish Cream, known as "Bailey", recently took the Youth Driving Championship at the prestigious Lorenzo Driving Competition, a two day driving competition with a 39 year history, which was held in July in Cazenovia.

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Register Now! 59th Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet

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Published: August 10, 2015

Oct. 1-4, 2015 | Host Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn, Allentown/Bethlehem PA

Bring your Horse! Accommodations for your Connemara are available 5 short minutes away athe the beautiful Willowbrook Farm!

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Midwest Connemara Breeders' Show and Inspections Held

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Published: July 22, 2015

St. Louis, MO:  The annual Midwest Connemara Breeders’ show was held the weekend of July 18 at the National Equestrian Center just outside of St. Louis.  On Saturday, in-hand classes, as well as dressage and hunter-jumper classes were held, while on Sunday, there were driving and trail classes, followed by Connemara Inspections.  Sarah Jane Martin of Montgomery, TX was the in-hand judge.

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49th Annual Region I show Held

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Published: July 22, 2015

Woodstock, VT:  Also on the weekend of July 18, Region 1 of the ACPS held their annual show, their 49th! Deborah Howell of Middleburg VA judged the show in rain and shine. The in hand division was sizeable with two big mare classes. In hand Champion was Wintervale Mayblossom (Morning Glory's Ilyushin X Wintervale Calliope [by Chiltern Colm]), owned and shown by Caroline Nesbitt. Young Stock Champion was Dry Brooks Winifred (Bailey's Irish Dream X Lasrachai's Blue Oaks Dunlaith [by Lasrachi]), owned and shown by Emily Shields.

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Oakfields Farms Takes Home Top Prizes at Warrenton

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Published: July 01, 2015

Warrenton, VA: Just three weeks after winning the major awards at the Upperville Colt and Horse Show, Oakfields Farms took home the top prizes in Virginia’s second A-rated show of the Summer, The Warrenton Pony Show. Oakfields Peridot (*Hearnesbrook Dunoon X *Templebready Ruby) with rider, Jennifer Daly, took the Championship while the Reserve went to Oakfields Jameson (*Hearnesbrook Dunoon X *Castle Janet ) and Chanda Boylen. Also much admired was Thurman Sienna (Rattle-n-Snap- Laddie Boy X Thurman Raven)  who was the winner of the Older Mares Class. 

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Hidden Haven Show

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Published: June 15, 2015

Richmond, VA:  At the Hidden Haven show on June 14 at Pole Green Park in Richmond, two offspring of Concord River Roaringwater Bay (Whitewood Galway Bay X Lynnfield’s Proud Hope) did themselves proud.  Balmullo’s Liffey Lad (Roaringwater Bay X Balmullo’s Miss Emma) was the champion of the short stirrup equitation division, and reserve champion short stirrup hunter.  He was ridden by Alyssa Parker.  His half sister Balmullo’s Uproar, (Roaringwater Bay X Wildwych Clio) was the champion of the Maiden Hunter Division.  She was ridden by Lulu Malinowski.  Roaringwater Bay has produced several nice hunter ponies, most notably Ooh La La (registered name, Balmullo’s Azalea [Custusha’s Cashel Rock X Courtney’s April Frolic]), who was tenth at the Pony finals in 2007.

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New Foals in Canada

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Published: June 15, 2015

Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada: Lots of new foals have appeared lately but this photo from Janet Rowe of Muskoka Lakes Connemaras is surely the most endearing. It is the colt foal of MLC Irish Solstice by Morning Glory’s Ilyushin. It was taken when he was one day old. Janet MAY take the prize for the most foals this year in North America with 4. 

Region IV Annual Show

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Published: June 15, 2015

Cleveland, TN: Region IV of the ACPS held its annual show the weekend of June 5 at the Tri-State Exhibition Center in Cleveland, Tennessee. The show was held in conjunction with the Smokey Mountain Horse Show Series and offered a large variety of hunter, jumper, dressage, combined training, trail, and driving in addition to the Connemara and Mountain and Moorland in-hand Classes. People came from all over the region as well as the Midwest with ponies in tow. And with so many classes for ponies of all ages and all levels of training it was a very fun show. It was a rare pony who went home without some accolade.

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Region 1 Field Day

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Published: June 04, 2015

ACPS Region 1 Field Day and the annual meeting of the Region took place on May 24 at the New England Equestrian Center of Athol in MA. The weather was perfect. The turnout included 8 ponies and their people, and another half dozen members. We had had to reschedule when the clinician who had confirmed for an earlier date and place cancelled at the last minute. So Amy Plavin found this excellent new facility for us and our own multitalented Carolyn McEvitt agreed to teach.

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Two New Purebred Fillies Born

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Published: April 27, 2015

Exeter, NH and Richmond, VA:  For much of the life of the American Connemara Pony Society some 100 foals were registered annually. However, for the last several years very few Connemara purebreds were born in the United States due, at least partly, to poor economic conditions. The numbers of purebred foals born is now slowly increasing, with two being born last week on the same day. Hopefully the numbers will be back in the 100’s before too long. Sally Oxnard of Paradox Connemara Farm in Exeter announces that the first Paradox filly in 4 years was born on 4/22. Paradox Cadence is by Aluinn Durango (Aladdin’s Denver X *Patty’s Meredith) out of Macbradaigh's Irish Whistle (Maplehurst Michael Macdaire X Elphin Kookaburra). She was delivered at TNT Equine Clinic in due to a placental infection in the mare. Sally says, however, that all is well now and that she thinks the filly is black like her grandsire, Aladdin's Denver.

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