We are celebrating the Connemara as our Breed of the Month on YourDressage!
Did you know that dressage riders who choose a Connemara as their dressage mount are eligible for special awards through the Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards program, as the American Connemara Pony Society is a participating organization?
For our USDF Flashback this week we take a look back on some past Connemara All-Breed Awards winners that appeared in the USDF Connection Yearbooks.
KYNYNMONT STERLING O’GRADY (Healing Spring Willem O’Toole x Kynynmont Moira – Ballywhim Sterling Moss) – Pamela Liddell, owner/rider; 2012 First Level Adult Amateur champion; Pamela Liddell, breederCADY O’DALY GABRIEL (Tre Awain Goldsmith x Cloud Shadows – Windy Day) – Emma Ciafone, owner/rider; 2012 Training Level Open and Junior/Young Rider champion; Anne Frey, breederPROVIDENCE’S GAELIC PENCE (Moxley Duncan x Piedmont Penelope – Balmullo’s Beacon) – Jennifer Miner, owner/rider; 2012 Training Level Adult Amateur champion; Beury Stout, breederKYNYNMONT LANEY (Sir Galen’s Gild of Ledgewood x Greystone Adirondack Roseanna – Rosenaharley Laurens) – Pamela Liddell, owner; Danielle Toscano, rider; 2012 Second Level Open champion; Pamela Liddell, breederKYNYNMONT GUNSMOKE’S GIDEON (Gun Smoke x Kynynmont Tara – Greystone McErrill) – Pamela Liddell, owner; Emily O’Neill, rider; 2012 First Level Open champion; Pamela Liddell, breederM.G.R.M. DARBY O’GILL (M.H.R.M Premier Performance x Bea) – Tillie Jones and Tish Gade-Jones, owners; Tillie Jones, rider; 2013 Second Level Musical Freestyle champion; Larry Ervin, breeder; McCool PhotosBIG BEAR’S ROYAL FINNEGAN (Big Bear’s Blue Royal x Big Bear’s Lily – Rose Hill’s El Lasto) – Anna Weniger, owner; Dawn Weniger, rider; 2013 Second Level Junior/Young Rider champion; Ronald Roberts, breederKYNYNMONT SHENANIGANS (Kynynmont Dublin x Greystone Adirondack Roseanna – Rosenaharley Laurens) – Alexander Dawson, owner/rider; 2013 First Level Junior/Young Rider champion; Pamela Liddell, breeder; YourHorses.IFP3.com photoFOXY BROWN GCF (ES Fred Astair x South Ridge Bliss – South Ridge Duncan’s Honor) – Tanya Hill, owner; Kristina Harrison, rider; 2013 Training Level Open champion; Sharon Garner, breeder; Terri Miller photoKYNYNMONT KERRIANNA (Gun Smoke x Kynynmont Arianna – *Canal Laurinston) – Pamela Liddell, owner; Rachel Showanec, rider; 2014 Third Level Open and Junior/Young Rider champion; Pamela Liddell, breeder; PICSOFYOU.com photoKYNYNMONT BALLYTOBIN (Ballywhim Sterling Moss x Greystone Adirondack Roseanna – Rosenaharley Laurens) – Pamela Liddell, owner; Rachel Chowanec, rider; 2014 First Level Open champion; Pamela Liddell, breeder; PICSSSOFYOU.com photoKYNYNMONT BLUE SAPPHIRE (Landgate Bluebeard x Kynynmont Moira – Ballywhim Sterling Moss) – Pamela Liddell, owner; Rachel Chowanec, rider; 2014 Prix St. Georges Open and Junior/Young Rider champion; Pamela Liddell, breeder; PICSOFYOU.com photoWILDWYCH BAMBOOZLE (Wildwych Thunder Snow x Rudgeway Silver Filigree – Oxenholm Matador) – Jane Renner, owner/rider; 2015 First Level Open and First Level Musical Frestyle champion; Mary Prewitt, breeder; Margaret Martin-Jones photoCASTLE MONARCH (Castle Comet x Orphee Schueracher – Dream of Auine) – Kathryn Lucas, owner; Karen Ball, rider; 2015 Training Level Open champion; Henry O’Toole, breeder; Terri Miller photoGATEWAY NIGHT LIGHT (Cobblestone RHYS x Bright Night Surprise) – Michelle Cale, owner; Charlotte Greatwood, rider; 2015 Training Level Junior/Young Rider champion; Elizabeth Jenner and Gateway Farm, breedersRIDGETOP WINDY CITY (Kilfenora Windy Isles x Greystone Echo’s Megan – Greystone McErrill) – Karen McIntyre, owner/rider; 2015 Training Level Adult Amateur champion; Top of the Ride Farm, breeder; PICSOFYOU.com photoMICA GUINNESS (Glynmary Chieftain x Glynmary Meadowlark – Gilnocky Drumcliffe) – Pearlie Rohrbacher, owner/rider; 2016 First Level Musical Freestyle champion; Jan Pierson, breeder; Deborah James photoCAMDEN (Hillside Robert Macdaire x PJ’s Lullaby) – Maria Ernst, owner/rider; 2016 Second Level Open and Adult Amateur champion; Lesley Shearer, breeder; WNCPhoto.comSMARAGAID CLIFF (Munkholm Cobbergate x Shamrock Bright Roxanne – Power Boy) – Karen Laden, owner; Amber Clark, rider; 2016 First Level Open champion; Martina Ferfers, breeder; Deborah James photoHOLLYMEAD MEADOW LARK (Grey Haven Colin O’ Patrick x Elphin Chickadee – Maplehurst Michael MacDaire) – Celeste Rosquist, owner/rider; 2017 Second Level Open and Adult Amateur champion; Susan Holland, breederPOTIQUIMI KEELY SHAY (Lasrachai’s Blue Oak’s Pooka x Potiquimi Taralina – Castle Beau Geste) – Donna Huntsman, owner; Katelyn Hunter, rider; 2018 First Level Junior/Young Rider champion; Joan Latty, breederDENVER’S SHADOW (Aladdin’s Denver x G.C.’s Dove) – Kristine Kuchenbrod, owner/rider; 2019 First Level Adult Amateur champion; Top of the Ridge Farm, breederTULLYMOR’S HOUDINI (Fieldstream’s Riley x Kahlua – Connamara’s Persuasion) – Werner Geven, owner; Tessa Geven, rider; 2019 First Level Junior/Young Rider and Musical Freestyle and Second Level Open and Junior/Young Rider champion; May Medley, Breeder; Marie Cobb for Shannon Brinkman photoCOBBLESTONE SANDPIPER (Smaragaid Cliff x Four Lochs Perfect Storm – Landgate Bluebeard) – Patricia AQshworth, owner; Leslie Hagberg, rider; 2019 First Level Open champion; Patricia Ashworth, breeder; MGO PhotographyMLC ROCKY RIVER MORN’ (Morning Glory’s Ilyushin x Brambleridge March Mayhem – Moxley Duncan) – Constance Brown, owner; 2019 DSH Three-Year-Old Colts/Geldings champion; Janet Rowe, breeder; Carole McDonald photoSOUTH RIDGE THISTLEBIT (Trout Ranch Malarkey x South Ridge Chloe – South Ridge Duncan’s Honor) – Kimberley Sterl, owner/breeder; 2019 DSH Yearling Fillies champion; Carole McDonald photoKYNYNMONT AIDAN O’SULLIVAN (Kynynmont Aidan McVai x Kynynmont Cameo of Ledgewood – Gun Smoke) – Beth Niebling, owner/rider; 2020 First Level Open and Adult Amateur and Vintage Cup Adult Amateur champion; Pamela Liddell, breeder; SusanJStickle.com photoPRADA (Ballywhim An Luan x Bella Fleck) – Kristi Livingston, owner/rider; 2021 Third Level Open champion; Maura Jordan, breederHIGH BRIDGE GUENIVERE (Wildwych Samson) – Alexandra McMilllen, owner/rider; 2023 First Level Musical Freestyle champion; Anne and Steve Darby, breedersBDF TOP DUN (Wildwood Hearne Topgun x Black Dog’s Fiorella – Feuertanzer) – Danielle Comley, owner/rider; 2022 Second Level Musical Freestyle and Adult Amateur Musical Freestyle, and Third Level Open champion; Beth Davidson, breederROSCOMMON FAGAN (Balius Malachi x Lasrachai’s Blue Oak Dunlaith – Lasrachai) – Gerlinde Beckers, owner/rider; 2023 First Level Open and Adult Amateur and Vintage Cup Adult Amateur champion; Kathleen Fowler, breeder; Tanner Messer for Shaonnon Brinkman photoGLENDALE’S WILBUR (Rattle ‘N Snap Laddie Boy x Glendale’s Annabelle – Concord River Roaringwater Bay) – 2023 DSHB Yearling Colts/Geldings champion; Deb Norma and Glendale Farms, breeders
Note, all owner/rider names are as of date of awards earned