Fade to Grey Farm: Eventing, Foxhunting, & Connemaras

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Fade to Grey Farm: Eventing, Foxhunting, & Connemaras

Breeding Connemaras and Connemara crosses for eventing and foxhunting Fade to Grey Eventing was started by Megan Buchanan in 2007.
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Megan's family formed Brambleridge Farm in 1997, and she and her mother, Nancy Buchanan, began breeding ponies, and pony crosses, in 2004. They have worked diligently to produce good tempered, athletic ponies capable of a variety disciplines. They narrowed their stock from Welsh and Connemaras, to just Connemaras and Connemara crosses. Although the farm moved in 2007, and again to Megan's Fade to

Grey Farm in 2011, the horses and ponies still carry the Brambleridge prefix. Megan is a graduate upper level pony clubber, avid eventer and foxhunter. She has earned her colors with the Bear Creek Hounds and has been hunting with them since 2007. She has served as an honorary whip since 2012. Megan has competed successfully through the Intermediate level in eventing, 2nd level dressage, and the 3'9" jumpers. She taught and trained for five years professionally before returning to the home building industry. Megan is a member of USEF, USEA, USDF, ACPS and USPC. Megan has served several terms on the American Connemara Pony Society Board of Governors, including the position of Vice President, also serves on the ACPS Region IV Committee and is an inspector for the US Inspection committee. She was instrumental in starting the ACPS' new Connemara Sport Horse registry.

11/13/2024

Declan had four offspring compete this year, earning him enough points to finish 2nd for top scoring jumping sires with the YHS.

11/04/2024

Brambleridge Blueberry Hill won the OBN Championship at the MDHT Highland Series this weekend! Blueberry is by *TBS Declan Pondi ex Thrill.

10/26/2024

Someone was very happy to be back in the hunt field!

10/23/2024

During a freak accident while out on a trail ride, Patrick, an 8-year-old roan gelding impaled his chest on a metal T-post.

10/19/2024

Another Declan baby getting their start under saddle. Whimsy is a Connemara x Hannoverian bred by Avery Gauthier and owned by Casey Basta.

10/14/2024

His biggest fan 💗

10/02/2024

When the hubs is doing farm chores…

‘Dear Flapjack, please don’t pull the porch off the house’…

09/23/2024

Ross has been 🌟 SOLD 🌟 Congrats to his new owner!

09/22/2024

Half siblings Pearl & Finch (TBS Declan Pondi) having a moment… 💕

09/20/2024

SOLD - Congrats to his new owner!

Carrots reduced on this sporty & friendly c**t. My mother is selling her farm, so Ross needs to find his new home! He will be gelded in October if not sold before then.

Brambleridge Prosper aka Ross. 2024 bay roan c**t by Coud’Poker Tartifume ex Brambleridge Ardent Sparrow (*TBS Declan Pondi x *Grange Finn Sparrow).

Ross is an exceptional performance prospect with a who’s who of top performance lines in his pedigree. He has a double dose of Dexter Leam Pondi and Ballydonough Casanova. Both his sire and grandsire have had incredible eventing careers in the USA and his back pedigree is full of Grade A show jumping ponies. His grandsire, Declan, is also well known in the foxhunting community, having hunted eight seasons and gone out with six recognized packs. His granddam, Circe’s Foil, pony clubbed, foxhunted and did point to points in Va.

Rather than dreaming of buying a 50-75k import in a ‘few years’ buy an exceptionally bred youngster and raise him yourself. Ross already stands for grooming & picking up feet, ties and leads. Friendly, amiable temperament. His pedigree produces AA friendly individuals with talent enough for a professional. Correct conformation, great limbs and feet. Will stay pony.

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09/17/2024

12 years ago today…a little Irish c**t arrived in Georgia ❤️

09/08/2024

The very top of the hill athletic performers are not always equally top of the hill in the breeding shed, but there is a huge correlation between performance and the ability to produce performers.

Here’s a great example, Frankel, one of the best runners in his day, winning all 14 of his starts against the best horses of his era, and now one of the leading race horse sires in the world.

What that hints at is this---In other sports, jumping, eventing, dressage, whatever, if there are stallions who excelled, beat a path to their doors if you have a mare that is worthy of being bred.

Athleticism IS hereditary. So is clunkiness. Why oh why do so many breeders waste a year of their mare’s life breeding to some random stallion with no record to shore up his resume when there are other stallions who got it done under pressure?

Horse breeding is so often emotionally driven. Someone likes a stallion because it---pick one---has a pretty face---is close by and easy to breed to--- is MY stallion---Is a striking color---my friend betty recommended him---and so on.

Breed to winners if your goal is quality, not to guarantee anything, but to greatly increase your odds. Study pedigrees to learn how winners tend to produce better horses than do losers, or horses with no records at all.

Or waste your money, your time, your hopes.

And before you say, “yes but sometimes it works,” realize that just because there are exceptions, smart and analytic breeders don’t tend to use hope and prayer as guiding reproductive strategies.

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Luthersville, GA
30251

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Brambleridge Flexibilty schooling 1.2-1.3 m in AUS. ‘Able’ has shown an aptitude for show jumping and really enjoys it, more so than eventing. His owner has decided to offer him for sale for this reason. He is extremely reasonably priced even with shipping back to the USA. He is a 2014 palomino dual registered Connemara Sport Horse & Irish Sport Horse (with HSI) by Flexible and out of Sparrow’s Tiptoes (*Grange Finn Sparrow). He has a pedigree full of Grand Prix show jumpers and 5* eventers.

Brambleridge Prosper

Brambleridge Prosper, aka Ross, feeling frisky! Bay roan colt by Coud’Poker Tartifume x Brambleridge Ardent Sparrow (*TBS Declan Pondi x *Grange Finn Sparrow).

Keeper in the loose jumping at the Young Horse Show Series (YHS) in Chatsworth, GA.

Keeper loose jumping.

This filly 💗 First time playing in the jump chute, which she proceeded to go through 3 times on her own! Bonus - she comes when she is called!

Patrick - Prelim @ MD HT

So proud of this young pair completing their first Prelim this weekend! Brambleridge Ponder the Truth (*TBS Declan Pondi x Brambleridge Truth or Dare) & James Power.

Summer

Beth Opitz’s 3 year old Declan filly. Started under saddle by Jeff Murphy in Va.

Declan - Poplar SJ

It may look imperfect on paper, but Declan & I had just the weekend we needed at Poplar Place in the Open Modified. We put in a respectable dressage test, earning a 30.3 for 3rd place. The cross-country was extremely hilly, and the ground was hard. I wanted Declan to have a confidence boosting run and didn’t want to compromise that by putting the pedal down trying to make time, only to tire him out. So, rather than looking at my watch, I focused on his rhythm, jumping out of stride and giving him time to process the questions. A handful of time penalties dropped us to 4th, but I came off the course with a happy, brave pony. While this pony show jumps clean 99.99% of the time, his carefulness can mean that he gets behind my leg and adds strides where he shouldn’t, particularly now that the fences are getting bigger. We have been working on forward (and his mom not riding backwards!) and it paid off this weekend with him jumping a very forward, bold round in the horse distances. A tick of one rail dropped us to 6th, but Declan came out of the ring to applause and lots of happy pats! We are looking forward to Area III Champs next!

Declan at Poplar

Fun morning with Declan at Poplar. 3rd after dressage in the Open Modified, a quiet, steady xc round with a little time leaves us in 4th overnight.

Pony, eating up the last of his xc course at Chatt Hills where he finished 2nd (.3 out of first!) on his dressage score.

Graffiti

3 y/o ‘Graffiti’ at the YHS Loose Jumping competition where he placed 8 out of 29 three year olds! He was one of only two ponies. His jumping scores are in the comments below. Graffiti is offered for sale by his owner. Located in KY.

First time jumping in the first arena I’ve ever owned on a pony that paid for it and the jumps! Also my and Declan’s second time jumping stadium in over a year; just a few ‘little’ jumps!

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Our Story

Though Fade to Grey Farm came to fruition in 2011, the Brambleridge breeding program started years earlier. Megan's family formed Brambleridge Farm in 1997, and she and her mother, Nancy Buchanan, began breeding ponies and pony crosses in 2004. They have worked diligently to produce good tempered, athletic ponies capable of a variety disciplines. Although the farm moved in 2007, and again to Megan and her husband, Lee's, Fade to Grey Farm in 2011, the horses and ponies still carry the Brambleridge prefix. Fade to Grey Eventing was started by Megan Buchanan Harris in 2007. Megan is a graduate upper level pony clubber, avid eventer and foxhunter. She has hunted with Bear Creek since 2007, earning her colors in 2009, and serving as an honorary whip since 2012. Megan has competed successfully through the Intermediate level in eventing, 2nd level dressage, and the 3'9" jumpers. She taught and trained for five years professionally during a hiatus from the home building industry, but returned to construction & design in 2012 and re-established her amateur status in the equestrian world. Megan is a member of USEF, USEA, USDF, ACPS and USPC. Megan has been involved with the American Connemara Pony Society in multiple capacities, including sitting on the ACPS Board of Governors for several terms, including the position of Vice President, participating on the ACPS Region IV Committee, the Awards Committee, the USEF Connemara Committee and serving as an inspector for the US ACPS Inspection program. She was instrumental in starting the ACPS' new Connemara Sport Horse registry.

Fade to Grey Farm primarily breeds Connemara Halfbreds and Connemara Sport Horses (1/4 CONN). Halfbred mares by *Grange Finn Sparrow have been the cornerstone of the program, and have crossed exceptionally well with TB’s and ISH’s - in keeping with the true Irish tradition of blending the Irish Draught, the Thoroughbred and the Connemara pony. The program has sold several foals into the hands of professionals, and looks forward to following their futures!

Fade to Grey Farm stands the imported Connemara stallion, *TBS Declan Pondi, by Dexter Leam Pondi (FRA) x Dandy Sparrow (IRE) x Ashfield Bobby Sparrow (IRE). Declan was purchased at 3 months of age and imported to the USA before he was 6 months old.

Declan is proving to have it all - temperament, athleticism, type and the willingness to try anything. Even at a young age he is competing and winning in many arenas - in-hand, jumpers, dressage and eventing - and he is an exceptional foxhunter, having begun his career in 1st field as a 4 year old. His first foals are consistent in type and character, the first will be started under saddle in 2019.

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