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This page celebrates the legacy of Christine Walwyn's Connemara breeding since 1981 as well as promotes the present and future ponies of the Ashgar breeding program.
Very good result for Oliver Neill and his imported Connemara Pony My Irish Boy aka. Laddie. We love to hear news of our SA Connemaras so please feel free to contact us through Messenger and this page with photos and videos and we will gladly post..
Connemarafest på Stockholm Horse Week!
Nio D ponnyer är uttagna att starta i Stockholm kommande fredag och lördag, sju svenska ekipage, ett danskt och ett finskt, varav fem rider på registrerade connemaraponnyer, och en connemarakorsning. Nu hejar vi på:
Enya Styffe – Fionns Pride, (Castlestrange Fionn - Moy Johnny's Pride)
Laura Sloth Kjaer – Glencroft Euronote (Silver Boy - Derrigragh Robin)
Selma Gustafsson Thelin – Barravalley Shadow (Templebready Fear Bui - Tulira Robuck)
Signe Ekengren – Pat´s Choice (Tulira Robuck - Westside Fred)
Veera Salminen – Nero van de Bucxtale (modern e Dexter Leam Pondi)
Viggo Bergstrand – Gaoth Mhara Lad,(I Love You Melody - Loughwell Paddy)
🤩😍🥰😘🥳
Pippa Squair and her ISH Kilshane Tipperary are competing for Western Cape at Youth Champs..
YOUTH CHAMPS!!!!
It’s time to shine the light on our Junior and Pony Riders!!
We going to be introducing our open teams! Let’s start with the Junior Opens there are 11 riders competing for the Title of Junior Championship!
Good luck to all of you!!
First up is Pippa Squair from the Western Cape!
Signe Ekengren och D-ponnyn Pat's Choice visade ett starkt formbesked när de tog hem segern i finalen av SHW Young Talents på Stockholm Stadion.
Mia and Ashgar Flynn (Ashgar Cruising x Ashgar Fillipa) are taking a little break from show jumping. Thank you to Mia for sending this lovely video of their first Prelim dressage test. These ponies are so versatile and can turn their hooves to almost anything!! They did rather well in their test too!!
While the Connemara breed is relatively unknown in South Africa we are so pleased to hear from owners and lessees of the ponies to know they are happy and doing their desired jobs well. Sabrina Beale has been particularly vigilant in researching her mare Ashgar Night Star by Ashgar Doogary out of WB Night Owl.
Previously..
Lilly's rounds!
We are thrilled to receive these beautiful pictures of Lilly-Rae Korber and Ashgar Christian (Kilshane Christopher Robin x Ashgar Chrissa (Ashgar Doogary)) pure-bred Connemara Pony at the KEP show last weekend. This beautifully turned out partnership is going from strength to strength!
The Ashgar Connemara Pony Stud welcomes Jill Miller from Nottingham Road KZN who has recently purchased veteran mare (b.17.11.2007) the lovely ASHGAR ROSINDA for her daughter. ROSINDA is 25% Arab (dam Ashgar Rosalind) and 75% Connemara (sire Ashgar Donegal) bred by the late Christine Walwyn in Clarens. ROSINDA is a half-sister to our stallion Ashgar Cruising She has had a very successful competitive career and is now ready to take on the role of schoolmistress. We look forward to seeing her with her new young rider and wish them all of the very best going forward.
**ANNOUNCEMENT** We are so pleased to announce that Ms Madeleine Beckman Executive Committee member of the International Committee of Connemara Pony Societies (ICCPS) is coming to visit us in South Africa as part of her holiday in November 2024! Madeleine is based in Sweden and travels all around Europe and is often in Ireland Judging or at Inspections. She is coming to visit us at the Stud then on to Johannesburg. She would very much like to meet Connemaras and their owners and we would love to see you with or without your ponies/horses to meet and listen to her share her wealth of knowledge about the breed from a global perspective. The venue will be the Beaulieu Equestrian Academy at Kyalami.. further details to follow..
Unfortunately I am not able to attend this year but very much hoping to be there in Ireland next year!
Here are the dates of our remaining sales in 2024.
Our next Connemara Pony Sale is a three day sale commencing on Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th August.
Entries are now open please see link below to register your pony for the sale.
https://connemaraponysales.com/registration/
We have had a busy couple of weeks at the farm with weaning our foals. Thank you to our Ashgar family for sending such lovely pictures of your horses and ponies. I love sharing them and will add more in the next couple of days..
This lovely young 14.2hh Connemara pony gelding is for sale from an Ashgar friend in Wales UK.. Please contact us for more details..
Lovely new pictures of
F.G. Grote Veld’s Mighty Love.🥰 from Ria Groen..
News from Star Burton at the Idle Hour Stud in Zimbabwe: By Connemara ( Ashgar Mighty Knight) out of ISH/ TB mare by her ISH stallion Zeus. "Exactly what I wanted. Strong junior sport horse. Filly . Like a power house . Mum is 16.2hh". Her name is a different name but with meaning . Mighty Ailbhe.
New arrival!!
Ashgar Christian (Kit) has attended his first show jumping show in Gauteng! Thanks to Jeanne for the videos..
Message from the International Committee of Connemara Pony Societies: As many will be aware, the CPBS are holding a Council meeting tomorrow evening (Wednesday 22nd of May) to determine the future of the Clifden Pony Show. If you would like to show your support for the Clifden Show to go ahead in 2024 as usual, please make this image your profile picture and share far and wide.
Here is a review of our May 2023 sale where the top price was €15,800.
Looking forward to welcoming everyone back to Clifden for our upcoming May sale taking place from Friday 17th till Sunday 19th:
https://connemaraponysales.com/may-2023-three-day-sale-review/
17-19 May 2024 - Click on the tab to see over 600 horses and ponies will be offered for sale.. www.connemaraponysales.com..
Connemara Pony Sales is the World's
largest and leading sale of Connemara Ponies and Horses.
How beautiful he is.. this is Castle Kestrel (Connemara Stallion) he took the Mountain & Moorland overall Champion for the second year running at the Royal Windsor Horse Show..
So pleased to hear current news of the Ashgar ponies. Legacy pure-bred Connemara Pony Ashgar Aiden (by Ashgar Doogary out of Ashgar Abigail) has been busy at a training show in the Western Cape. Thank you to Sharon Orpen of Long Shadows Farm, Elgin for the photos.
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News from the UK..
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Mia and Ashgar Flynn (Ashgar Cruising x Ashgar Fillipa) are taking a little break from show jumping. Thank you to Mia for sending this lovely video of their first Prelim dressage test. These ponies are so versatile and can turn their hooves to almost anything!! They did rather well in their test too!!
New arrival!!
Ashgar Christian (Kit) has attended his first show jumping show in Gauteng! Thanks to Jeanne for the videos..
So enjoying following Ashgar Christian's (Kit) continuing journey and lessons with Lilly. Our thanks to Jeanne for the videos and keeping us updated..
News from Jeanne.. ❤️ (Ashgar Christian by Kilshane Christopher Robin out of Ashgar Chrissa)) Kit had his first ever outing to Michaels arena and a horsebox trip! First time jumping over jumps with little fillers. We’ve only done poles and crosses with him before. He was super and just takes everything in his stride!
..and Lilly had some fun too!! Onwards and Upwards!
Jeanne spending some time out of her busy schedule on essential groundwork with Kit..
Kit having some fun in the jumping lane..
..and so it begins.. ❤️❤️ the bug has bitten!!
Novice junior show hunter second place at the Gauteng Horse of the Year. Judges K.McGuiness and V.Smith.. Fantastic news! Very well done to Mia and Ashgar Flynn!
Some lovely news of pure-bred Connemara Pony Ashgar Aiden now at Long Shadows Farm in Elgin with Sharon Orpen and her pupils..
So proud of Lola and Ashgar Helen-Rita now jumping 1m in KZN..
"To come and talk to you or not! Well alright then!"
News from Ambassador Lola with her lovely Ashgar Helen-Rita so much confidence since her last update! Well done!
There is no question that joining the hunt builds confidence and athleticism for both horse and rider as Mia demonstrates with her Ashgar Flynn (Ashgar Cruising x Ashgar Filippa) in preparation for her Show Hunter classes.. Well done Mia!
So 😍 gorgeous! She took her time coming but safely arrived!
"The best and bravest pony ever ❤️" says owner/rider Ashgar Stud Ambassador Sabrina Beale of Ashgar Night Star (Warmblood x Connemara). Thanks for sending in these lovely videos..
