The Gallery: Rebel Wind


		Registration
	Rebel Wind's contribution to the breed between 1963 - 1978 can	Pedigree
	not be over estimated. He was a small pony, no more than 13 hands	Progeny
	2 inches but he displayed the breeds best native characteristics and	Descendants
	his fertility was never in doubt. While he may not have been highly
	considered in the show ring his value was in the consistency of his progeny, many
	of whom proved themselves both as reliable breeding stock and as winners in the
	Clifden ring. In her heyday his dam, Windy, was one of Connemara's "Queens" and
	his sire Inver Rebel was a hardy individual whose strength and bone was passed on
	to his son. Theirs was a great partnership from which many breeders have benefited
	over the years.


Rebel Wind in 1963 as a three year old
outside Clifden's engine shed, now the Station House Museum

	Thirty-five of Rebel Wind's sons were registered as stallions and many of them
	gave good service both in Ireland and overseas. Those best remembered are un-
	doubtedly Marble and Murphy Rebel. The former left his mark in his homeland
	before making a subtantial contribution to the breed in Denmark. Murphy Rebel
	is still alive and is favoured by breeders who are anxious to breed true to type.
	Dangan Dun is a further son who will not be easily forgotten in the Galway region
	where he spent his entire life. It was he who sired Atlantic Cliff who in turn provi-
	ded the breed with Mervyn Kingsmill who became a very popular sire in the 1980s.

	Rebel Wind's list of daughters, all two hundred and seventy two of them, contains
	many household names, at least five of whom Homeward Bound, Trixie, Lehid
	Wild Wind, Breath of Wind and Gay Belinda, founded or substained good female
	families who continue to breed in the heart of Connemara today.




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	Registration Pedigree Progeny Descendants

	Great Historic Stallions (IV): Rebel Wind

	*by Pat Lyne*

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