anyone own a connemara??

[iloveshearer]

does anyone own a connemara or have any pictures of them?? i really like them and i just wanted to see a few more?????:D i used to ride some but they have all been sold now:o

[Kanuma]

I do!! (btw you have asked for it now, lots of photos!!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/genesis2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/angleseyshow05017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stancantermM.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stanmM.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stan2.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stanchamp.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stan34.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stantyt.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stanan.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stanjump.jpg

[iloveshearer]

he's stunning Kanuma!!! i take it you show him a lot then???

[Kanuma]

yep once or twice a week dureing summer

[iloveshearer]

here's bob the pony i used to ride, (the pictures are scanned so they are bad quality)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/luxford/ponies/CCF11022006_00000.jpg

[jovi_y2k2]

Star is part conny (the more stubborn side to him!) but he's still my little super star!

[iloveshearer]

do you have any pictures of him???

[kirstie]

We have a RS who is suppose to be part con not sure though i think shes got a lot of Arab in her shes called Karmen

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c127/crimdon/Riding%20school%20horses/DSCI0022.jpg

[horseygal90]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stancantermM.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/kanuma/stan/stanmM.jpg
I love those two pictures, he looks stunning! Sorry, that's really random! :p

[iloveshearer]

awww kirstie that pony is really sweet!! i agree kanumas horse is stunning! he's a really nice colour!!!!

[Kanuma]

thanks, i'll tell stan you said he was beautiful, at this rate he wont be able to walk out his stable door, his head will be too big!!

[iloveshearer]

aww bless him!! anyone else got one????

[Rips]

Check this thread (http://www.newrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65035)!

[jovi_y2k2]

This is my Star (hopefully!:rolleyes: )

[Daffy Dilly]

This is my instructors stallion, Canal Laura's Lad.

http://www.britishconnemaras.co.uk/images/stallions/C%20Laura%27s%20Lad.jpg

He is absolutely stunning in the flesh, and definately knows it. ;)

At stud;
http://www.newhillfarmstud.co.uk/Lauraslad.htm

[toohorsemad]

I do!!! I adore connies now since I got Vic! I don't show or anything as I'm get really nervous!!! He's 6 and is 15hh! Heres a pic! Its a bit old though he looks shiner now!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a390/obsessionofhorses/Horsey%20Pics/logo.jpg

[iloveshearer]

daffydilly- he sure is stunning!!!!

toohorsemad- he is lovely!! he's so cute and wooly!!!!

[iloveshearer]

jovi y2k2- he/she's really pretty!! do you show him/her???

[jovi_y2k2]

Iloveshearer, i used to do a bit of showing with him but he's developed splints on his legs now so only to really local stuff, mainly do dressage on him and a little bit of showjumping here and there

[Sparklie]

My boy is in the last thread but not with very good photos...

Twig :D

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/SparklieH/P1010057.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/SparklieH/P1010051.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/SparklieH/Twignme.jpg

[Earrinde]

There are quite a few at my yard...them seem really popular round here!!!
One mare is for sale, and we have a colt who i going to be the stallion on the yard, and there are quite a few youngesters too.

No pics though yet! Sorry! But I'll try and get some!

[Daffy Dilly]

I was looking at them on HQ earlier just out of interest, and there was only one under £3000, and that was £2750!!! :eek:

[Kanuma]

thus we have the reason stan is insured for £6000

[Sparklie]

Kanuma...just out of interest seen as you know your stuff when it comes to connies...does my boy look like a full connemara to you?
One page of his passport says connemara, the other states that he's a connemara cross, very confusing. He came with no papers so if he is one I guess he's of unknown breeding.
Just wanted an opinion.
He looks like one to me, not sure what he could be crossed with!

[Kira657]

My girly is a connie x tb ( sorry not pure but wanted to show her off anyway!)

http://http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f126/kira9144/UntitledMA11277531-0004.jpg


http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f126/kira9144/UntitledMA11277491-0003.jpg

[Kanuma]

sparklie, i dont think he is pure, i do however believe he has an awful lot of connie in him (more then 75%). how tall is he?
your papers should tell you. if he is a connie he should have a green or blue (overheight) BCPS passport.

[Sparklie]

He's 14.1hh
He didn't come with a connie passport...so he'd be unregistered if he was pure. I'd love to know his breeding, very frustrating not knowing.

Your Stan is beautiful...very classical looking too. Most of the connies you seem to see about now and much finer, I like him! :D

[Kanuma]

thanks, he is my angel, and he is a big big boy. when he is fit and looking well (those 2 photos that someone particularly likes) he weighs over 550kg he normaly sits around 600kg however. he also takes a girth 6inches bigger then my friends showcob. he is a big lad!!

[Sparklie]

lovely!
Twig doesn't exactly live up to his name...he's on the wide side. That's the way I like it though, I get on my friend's thoroughbred and wonder where his neck is and why there is a huge gap where his shoulder should be!!
You two do make a lovely partnership :)

[Kanuma]

i cant ride anything over about 15hh as i realy realy dont like it (tis a long way to fall). so wider natives are good for takeing up my leg!
ive had my 6ft brother on stan and he hasnt looked too big at all, and stan is only 14hh (when he stretches!)
i dont like haveing a massive length of neck infront of me and i realy dislike weedy necks(i feel that if you put to much pressure on the reins the neck will snap, give me a nice chunky neck anyday)! and narrow horses hurt when you have to sit to the trot, so i'll take my 14hh fat connie over any horse on the planet

[StormyJ]

Phoebe is Connemara x Irish Cob, her owner thinks! She's 14hh, and 17 this year. I know she's not full and I don't own her but I had to show her off! :D

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/stormyj/Phoebe/CopyofPonyclub6.jpg

[iloveshearer]

awww she's sweet!! she has such an innocent little look!!!!

[iloveshearer]

sparklie- twig is such a cool colour where he's clipped!! he's kind of dappled!!!!

[mu0ljk]

Oooh any chance to post a piccy!! ;)

I used to own Nutmeg - she's not registered or anything but we reckon she has a fair bit of connie in her? She was just under 14.2hh

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b285/mu0ljk/nutmegtrot.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b285/mu0ljk/nutmeghalt1.jpg

[Sparklie]

sparklie- twig is such a cool colour where he's clipped!! he's kind of dappled!!!!

thanx alice!
i love his clipped colour...looks like another horse, everyone thought I'd replaced him with a leopard :p
shame that it's growing back now

[iloveshearer]

is he just "normal" when it grows back then? still gorgeous!!!

[iloveshearer]

mu0ljk- nutmeg's pretty!!! she looks quite like a connemara!!!!

[Sparklie]

he's still quite dappled...will get some photos in the summer with his summer coat. I've only had him for a few months but his old owner assures me that his summer coat is a light golden colour. He was quite dark gold before he was clipped...could still see some dapples though

[Suzanne2]

My first pony (many years ago) was a Connemara. He was 14.2hh, a golden dun and the prettiest thing going. He was a sweetheart in his stable but get on his back and it was a different story. I think everyone that rode him fell off him. He had a vicious buck, napped and reared when I first had him and could put in the dirtiest stop before a jump. I sailed over more fences – without him – than I care to remember. He was also lazy! Despite being the most unsuitable first pony ever, I loved him dearly and kept him for two years. We parted company only when I had grown so tall that my feet would knock the poles off a fence on the rare occasions he chose to go over a jump. I met someone recently who had also owned a Connemara and it sounded remarkably similar to my own dear pony. Happy days!