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 balmullofarm@gmail.com. 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.

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Farm of the Week: Paradox Connemaras

Tower Hill's Carmody

Farm: Paradox Connemaras, owned by Sally and Tom Oxnard

Location: Exeter, NH

What we breed (or train) for: We like to breed sweet and athletic 14 to 15 hand ponies who can be ridden by smaller women who use them for dressage, hunter paces, adult pony club.

Number of resident ponies: I currently have four mares and one filly.

Notable resident(s): Tower Hill's Carmody, (18) refined and beautiful, wonderful personality, motor, and work ethic. Has been leased to children who have been delighted to get to know a Connemara. She has had five foals and was Grand Champion, Region 1 ACPS 2010. Inspected and approved by the ACPS.

Tower Hill's Breeze, (7) , last of the Tower Hill ponies. Big boned and substantial, repeated winner and champion at the Region 1 show. Grand Champion 2008. Competes in dressage. Has had one foal. Inspected and approved by the ACPS.

One thing we'd like people to know: I only breed one foal every couple of years and try to combine type and athleticism and personality. I love the great reports I get from the owners of my foals!

Previous Farms of the Week:
1-8-12 Fade to Grey Farm
1-22-12 Big Bear Farm

 

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RENEW NOW ! RENEW NOW ! RENEW NOW !

Your membership in the American Connemara Pony Society will expire on December 31, 2011. In order to have your name listed in the 2012 Membership Directory, it will be necessary for you to renew your membership NO LATER THAN MARCH 30, 2012. You can renew your membership in one of the following ways:

1) Renew on-line and pay using your VISA, MasterCard or American Express by clicking here. You will be directed to a website hosted by the USEF. Click “continue” and provide the requested information.

2) Scroll down the left hand side of the Home Page to the About The ACPS Section. In that section, click on Forms and Policies. In the Forms and Policies section, click on Membership Application in the Membership Section. Print and complete the form, and mail it, along with a check for your dues, to the address indicated on the form.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ACPS MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE AMERCIAN CONNEMARA.

If you should have any questions regarding your renewal, please contact Debbie Busta, the ACPS Membership Secretary at dmbusta@roadrunner.com.

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INSPECTIONS FOR 2012

Inspections are once more upon us!! By and large, participants in the Inspection process will attest to the fact that they are highly educational, with discussions by Inspection Team members of the relative strengths and weaknesses of each pony presented. In addition, owners have a great sense of accomplishment when their ponies are approved.

All requests for information and pony nomination packets
will be available by contacting:
Megan Buchanan Harris, ACPS Inspection Operations Chair
770.833.5159 or via email at fade2greyfarm@yahoo.com

All COMPLETED nomination packets will be sent to
Marynell Eyles, ACPS Secretary
PO Box 100
Middlebrook, Va 24459
Questions to: marynelleyles@hughes.net

Date	Site	Nomination Deadline
7/22/12	Glenwood Park, Upperville, VA (in conjunction with ACPS Region 3 show)	6/1/12
7/23/12	Glendale & Thurman Farms, Berryville, VA	6/1/12
7/29/12	GMHA, Woodstock, VT (in conjunction with ACPS Region 1 show)	6/1/12
8/18/12	Bella Farm, Sandy, UT (30 mins from Salt Lake City, UT)	6/1/12
8/19/12	Knox Farm, Chesterfield, ID	6/1/12
9/08/12	Coyote Run Farm, Syracuse, NY	6/1/12

Nomination Form

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