Welcome to the American Connemara Pony Society Web Site

Welcome to the ACPS Web Site!

Weekly News! Do you have news about your Connemara that you would like to share with other ACPS members? News from all over the world is welcome. Email Donna Duckworth with the details and any photos to connemaras@windstream.net. Show results, results of inspections, new foals or unusual adventures especially welcome! The sire and dam of any ponies should be included. Please note that any professional photos must be accompanied by a photographer's release before they can be used.

Goode, Va: Emily Daily has sent this update on her pony Ridgetop Cady O'Daly, one of the ACPS’ Premium mares. She says, “ We recently had a wonderful time at the Waredaca Training Level Three-Day Event in Laytonsville, Maryland, a full long-format event at Training level. If I hadn't gotten lost on roads and tracks, we would've been well up in the standings, most likely third! Ah well, you live, you learn. Last weekend we won our final event of the season, Rubicon Horse Trials in Lucketts, Virginia. We finished out our Training season on our all-time best dressage score of 33.0! Couldn't have asked for a better season. Next year we're hoping to move up to Preliminary! Attached are a few photos. The first is Cady and I on steeplechase at Waredaca (photo by Mike McNally) and the second is Cady & I from Rubicon (photo by Josh Walker).”

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ACPS Membership Fees –Changes for 2009

The Board of Governors has approved the following membership fees, effective beginning with the 2009 membership year:

*Junior (under age 18: qualifies for awards)                    $ 25
*Associate (adult: qualifies for awards)                            $ 35
*Senior (adult: qualifies for awards, votes)                      $   40
*Family (spouses and/or parent(s), children under         $   70
            age 18: qualifies for awards, up to 2 votes
            per family but must have 2 members age 18
            or older)
Life (one individual: qualifies for awards, votes)            $ 600
*Subscription (not a member)                                             $   20

* There is a $30 surcharge for magazine mailings to
foreign (including Canadian) members and subscribers.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

10-2008 - It’s been a busy summer season in Chesterfield. Next week is round-up. We’ll gather 3,500 mother cows, their calves and a number of cantankerous bulls from about 25 square miles of mountain summer range and bring them back to ranch headquarters. Then we’ll sort them and ship them to their home ranches. We are under a winter storm watch with 6-12 inches of snow expected in the high country, but that actually helps. The cows will want to come home!

Three of our purebred Connemaras and one halfbred will cover a lot of rough and beautiful country this week, but they are up to the challenge. Over the past month they have shown their versatility by serving us in several fun activities. We did an endurance ride one weekend and a carriage driving clinic (both single and pair) the next. They have been jumping cross county and showing off their talents in the dressage arena also this summer. In the winter we’ll play some indoor polocrosse and school grids to sharpen their show jumping skills. It is exciting to watch a new crop of foals grow and develop and yearlings mature into athletic two and three year olds bursting with youthful exuberance and looking for a job! Life is good when you can share all these great experiences with your best friends – both equine and human.