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Outstanding ponies |
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It is very difficult to choose some ponies here because I found so
many outstanding |
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Connemaras since the time I first met the breed. But some are more then
only privately |
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outstanding. I will begin with the mares because I think they have the
most important |
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part in the breeding of Connemara ponies. Surely I have to mention
Clifden Maisie |
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by Ben Lettery, who came from Ireland to Bavaria and produced in Mary
one of the |
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outstanding brood mares in Germany. Mary (whose father Golden Dan is by
Ben |
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Lettery to) is one of these pearls who seem never to produce a bad foal -
we say you |
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could use a goat on her and she would bring a winner again. Maybe the
inbreeding on |
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Ben Lettery is one cause for her quality. |
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Another mare who catched my eye is Flash Princess,
a bay mare, nothing special, |
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but she brought lots of winners in hand and under saddle. She is by
Clonkeehan |
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Auratum out of Flash Girl who was a well known pony herself in Ireland. |
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Golden Harvest maybe has the most successful
collection daughters, about 10 of |
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them and all regular price winners. Golden Harvest is by Mervyn Storm and
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1970 from Lambay Island. She was imported by Mrs. Elisabeth v. St. Paul,
who first |
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founded the Connemara-Pony-Interessengemeinschaft. She sadly died of
cancer in 1974. |
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At the moment we have two hand full of mares which rule the show
rings theirselves |
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or through their children. There is on the first Coosheen Nutmeg,
twice Clifden |
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Champion, she and her offspring you will always find in the finals. There
is a Carna |
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Bobby-daughter (one of the last), Ganty Jane II, Mervyn
Wintersport, one of the |
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rare daughters of Strongbow. Moy More, a very small mare
by Paddy's Heaven, |
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Fortuna, a daughter of the first mentioned Flash Girl, Lovelly
Bellis, another one by |
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Golden Dan. And more of them. The last I want to mention is Scraugh
Colleen by |
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Joyful Boy. Not outstanding herself and because of her colour, chestnut,
often neglected, |
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she brought more than one winner in the showing throughout the last ten
years. |
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Flashy Lad is the first stallion I mention,
because he had so much influence on the |
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breed. He is a full brother to Flash Girl and his sons Flaneur (out of
Golden Harvest), |
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Flagrant and Franco carry on his line. |
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Golden Dan has maybe the most offspring in
Germany. He is by Ben Lettery out |
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of Ballydonnellan Grey. A very true Connemara with all the good
qualities of the |
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breed. He showed them himself under saddle and between the shafts and also
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children are of his kind. Because of an accident he sadly is no more able
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foals but he is still well being now 27 years of age. His sons are
Granger, Golden |
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Gori, Gordon, Ginster, Golden Rock, Golden Daniel, Golden Dandy, Lonely
Twin |
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Golden Dawn and Glaskopf Golden Merlin. Most of them were or are very good
sires |
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themselves. |
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Tulira Nimble Dick (Tulira Mairtin x Noreen Grey)
is another outstanding pony. He |
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was a great cross country pony and his children you still find on the
scene. He lives |
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in a kind of matrimony with Coosheen Nutmeg and with her he produced a
very fine |
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son in Trooper. And I should not forget Carrabaun Boy who
once was a Clifden |
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winner and came to late honour through his very successful son Caraway
(out of |
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Canrower Jaqueline). With the English bred stallion Chiltern
Thunderburst and the |
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Irish bred Grange Surf Sparrow we now have also progeny
of Thunderbolt in |
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Germany. New Emporer and Grey Rock Bonner are
sons of the very successful |
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Mervyn Kingsmill - all these stallions came to Germany just recently and
are quite |
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young which is encouraging for the future. |
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This is only a short flash on the German Connemara Scene but to
mention all suc- |
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cessful ponies would need to much space. |
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