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Connemara Articles

Famous Connemaras

History of the Connemara Pony

The Connemara

Sternberg's Heartbreaker - Wendover Farms Connemara Stallion

Sternberg's Heartbreaker

Wendover Connemara
Pony Farm

Wildwych Eclipse - Connemara Stallion

Wildwych Eclipse

Redbud Ranch

Landsdown Willow's Harbour Boy

Landsdown Willow's
Harbour Boy

Willow Run Connemaras

Pattys E'toile de Paris - Connemara Stallion

Pattys E'toile
de Paris

Legacy Connemara Ponies

Connemara Pony

Breed Associations | ACPS Breed Standard | CPBS - Ireland Breed Standard | Breeders

Connemara Breed Associations

American Connemara Pony Society
Connemara Pony Breeders Society, Ireland
Connemara Pony Breeders Society of Australia
Canadian Connemara Pony Society
Connemara Pony Society of New Zealand
British Connemara Pony Society
Das Connemara Pony
Connemara Pony Belgium
The Danish Connemara Pony Breeders Society
Association Française du Poney Connemara
German Connemara Pony Society (Connemarapony Vereinigung)
Dutch Connemara Pony Breeders Society
Swedish Connemara Pony Society
International Committee of Connemara Pony Societies

American Connemara Pony Society: The Connemara Breed Standard

Type and Conformation:	Connemaras in North America range from 13 to over 15 hands. Their colors are gray, bay, brown, and dun, with some roans, an occasional black, chestnut, or palomino. Piebalds and skewbalds are not acceptable for registration. Connemaras are the product of their original environment, the rugged mountain coast of West Ireland. Sure-footed, hardy and agile, they possess powers of great stamina, staying power and adaptability. They are renowned for their versatility and their gentle, tractable, sensible and willing dispositions.
Temperament:	Mannerly and manageable, kind, responsive, possessing good sense and basic intelligence.
Type:	Rugged and sturdy; body compact and deep through the heart; with well sprung rib cage and broad chest.
Action:	Straight and true both front and rear with free movement in the shoulders. Connemaras should move underneath themselves and should be sure-footed, athletic, and clever, covering a lot of ground.
Head:	Kind eye, head well shaped and balanced in proportion to the rest of the body, neck of good length and definition, meeting the shoulder smoothly.
Shoulders:	Laid-back with good slope.
Back:	Strong and muscular; some length of back is normal in Connemaras, especially in mares.
Hindquarters:	Well rounded and deep with good length from the point of the hip through the haunch; should balance the shoulders.
Bone:	Clean, hard, flat, measuring 7- 8 inches below the knee for ponies, more for horses; forearms and gaskins long and muscular, cannons short and very dense.
Joints:	Large and well defined.
Feet:	Hard, strong.

Connemara Pony Breeders Society, Ireland: The Connamara Pony Points & Description

Points
Height:	The height of the BREEDING Connemara Pony is 128cms to 148cms. (12.2 ½ to 14.2 Hands High).
Colours:	Grey, black, Bay, Brown, Dun with occasional Roan & Chestnut, Palomino, & Dark Eyed Cream.
Type:	Compact, well-balanced riding type with good depth and substance and good heart room, standing on short legs, covering a lot of ground.
Description
Head:	Well balanced pony head of medium length with good width between large kindly eyes. Pony ears, well defined cheekbone jaw relatively deep but not coarse.
Front:	Head well-set onto neck. Crest should not be over developed. Neck not set too low. Good length of rein. Well-defined withers, good sloping shoulders.
Body:	Body should be deep, with strong back, some length permissible but should be well-ribbed up and with strong loin.
Limbs:	Good length and strength in forearm, well-defined knees and short cannons, with flat bone measuring 18cms to 21cms. Elbows should be free. Pasterns of medium length, feet well shaped, of medium size, hard and level.
Hindquarters:	Strong and Muscular with some length, well-developed second thighs (Gaskin) and strong low-set hocks.
Movement:	Movement free easy and true, without undue knee action, but active and covering ground.

Connemara Pony Breeders

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Dark Horse Station	We breed for what we would look for in a pony of our own. That is why our herd is carefully selected for the attributes that draw people to the Connemara! Our ponies have the type that identifies them for the breed, the conformation that allows them to perform and the temperament that makes a partnership with them a joy. We stand Australian imported Glenormiston Cuchulainn from a distinguished lineage of proven performance ponies both in the breeding shed and in the show ring. Dressage, Eventing, Driving or a best friend. Youngstock often available.
Dennali Acres	Dennali Acres is a small farm south of Denver, Colorado. We offer quality Connemaras and Connemara crosses that have been bred for competition. Lessons will be offered starting spring of 2007. We stand the stallion Wildwych Samson. Come visit when you are in the area!
Hidden Creek Sport Horses	We stand the imported Connemara Stallion, ArdCeltic Art. Art has all the right components - brains, personality, athleticism, and pedigree to produce the ideal sport horse or sport pony.
Ivydell Farm	Located in the Florida Panhandle, we have a small farm that features quality purebred and crossbred Connemara Ponies with a focus on disposition, athleticism and trainability. We breed what we like, and therefore we think you will like them, too!
Keahey's Connemara Farm	Keahey's Connemara Farm - Specializing in that one special pony. Resident Stallion: Ceili Mosi oa Tunya.
Legacy Connemara Ponies	At Legacy we share our lives with select purebred Connemara Ponies from some of our most treasured bloodlines. These bloodlines include, but are not limited to, new imported lines from Germany and also from Denamrk. Type, Temperament, Trust & Trainability is the breed, correct conformation, movement and presence is the quality.
Redbud Ranch	Redbud Ranch is dedicated to producing training and promoting pure and part bred Connemaras of exceptional quality and temperment. Offspring available from our prizewinning stallions.
Waterfield Farm	Our family has been breeding Connemara ponies for generations and members of our family paved the way for setting up the Connemara Society in Ireland back in 1923. Waterfield Farm is the latest chapter of the Bolger family's involvement with the breed.
Wendover Connemara Pony Farm	Wendover Connemara Pony Farm ,we specialize in dressage ponies for amature adults and children. We will be standing in the future our Danish Bred Stallion. Our ponies were selected for their movement, temperament and bloodlines.
Willow Run Connemaras	Willow Run Connemaras is a family owned and operated Farm specializing in Irish Connemara Ponies that and raised to be sane and willing atheletes. Our herd sire combines the best of imported English and Irish bloodlines and we occaisionally offer youngstock or riding ponies for sale.
Windy Isles Farms	The Prendergast family has been breeding Connemaras in Ireland since 1961. Currently we are standing the Irish Imported Grade One Connemara Stallion *The Quietman. Located in Peotone, IL we focus on breeding true to type Connemaras with excellent temperaments and the athleticism to do it all.