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CONNEMARA of the YEAR WINNERS

Greystone’s Adirondack A’Herne , winner of the Connemara of the Year 2011

1992 Balius Kerry Blue, 14.1h grey mare, by Gilnocky Drumcliffe x Polaris Suzanne, ridden by Lee Webster, owned by Joan Webster, CA.

1993 Ballywhim Merriane, 13.3h bay mare, by Dallen McMor of Greystone x Hideaway's Legacy, bred by Ballywhim Farm, CT, owned by Chere Kaye, ridden by Emily Kaye.

1994 Tower Hill's Wizard of Oz, 14.3h grey gelding, by *Chiltern Copa of Tower Hill x S.L. Dublin Las, bred by Tower Hill Farm, VT, owned and ridden by Samantha Maley, VA.

1995 Aladdin's Alaska, 14.2h grey gelding, bred by Catherine Mack, VA, owned by Alice Laimbeer, VA.

1996 Erin Casco Bay, 15.1h bay gelding, by Hideway's Erin Smithereen x Hideaway's Hunky Dory, bred by Pat Lightbody, OH, owned by Pat and Gretchen Singleton, ridden by Gretchen, OH.

1997 *Ballinaboy Eamonn, 14.2h grey stallion, by Lobeen Larry x Ocean Bambi, bred by Col A.J. Morris, Ireland, owned by Maureen Loughman Abel, FL, ridden by Leigh Ellen Roberts, GA.

1998 Rainmaker's Queen of May, 14.2h bay mare, by Tre Awain Roderick O'Conor x K. Morning Mist, bred by Elizabeth Lynch, TX, ridden by Mary Corbett, SC.

1999 Ballywhim Ardan Mor, 14.2h dark bay stallion, by Tre Awain Dobh McDuff x Ballywhim Ethelyn bred by Nancy Burr-Montanaro, CT, owned by Nancy Burr-Montanaro, ridden by Jessica Rizzi.

2000 Shammer Sandman, 15.2 grey gelding, by *Ballinaboy Eamonn x Grange Dierdre Sparrow, bred by Maureen Loughman Abel, FL, owned by Mary Beth Fleming ,IN.

2001 Purebred: Hideaway's Playboy, grey gelding, by Hideaway's Erin Smithereen x Hideaway's Centerfold, bred by Hideaway Farm,NY, owned and ridden by Bekki Read, VT.

2001 Halfbred: Gaelic Holiday, 15.2h, by Hideaway's Erin Go-Bragh x Vacation Fun (TB), bred by Lynn Blades, owned by Lynn Blades, NY and ridden by Carol Kozlowski, NY.

2002 *Eastland Glendeag, 14.1+ grey mare, by *Lockinge Frederick x *Beardsley Trinket, owned by Rick and Dale Doner, Ontario, Canada.

2003 Purebred: MGRM Brigadoon, 13.2h dun stallion, by MGRM Rock n Roll x RBR Miss Patrice, bred and owned by Joan and Larry Ervin, CA, ridden by Michelle Cihak and Lourian Berlik, CA.

2003 Halfbred, tie: KatyDidIt, 14h grey mare, by *Grange Finn Sparrow x Welsh mare,bred by Judy Julian, owned by Martha Spencer, VA, ridden by Katy Spencer.
Halfbred, tie: Leprechaun’s Rowdy Boy, 15.3h bay, by Bar S Tex x TB mare, bred by Susan Troth,MT, owned and ridden by Kiira Troth, MT.

2004 Shammer Jake, 14.3h grey gelding, by *Ballinaboy Eamonn, x *Grange Diedre Sparrow, bred by Tir na N’Og Farm,FL, owned and ridden by Courtney Yeager, OH.

2005 Balmullo’s Miss Lucy, 14.1h bay mare by Concord River Roaringwater Bay x Balmullo Miss Emma, bred by Donna Duckworth, FL, owned by Cindy O’Flaherty, VA.

2006 *Tommy Mac, , 14.2h,grey gelding by Cloonisle Cashel x Justine. bred by John Lee, owned by Michelle Vaughn,CA, ridden by Genay Vaughn.

2007 Cashels Rock of Ages, owned by Kathy Lucas, CA

2008 Tower Hill's Darby Dun (*Chiltern Copa of Tower Hill x TH Killaire), a film star, bred by Mary and Rogers Rutter's Tower Hill Farm and owned by Stacy Taylor, Redding, CT.

2009 *ArdCeltic Art, 15 h grey, by Monaghstown Fionn x Moydow Lady, bred by Oliver Rogan and owned by Donna Miller of Hidden Creek Sport Horses in Alpharetta, GA.

2010 Windy Hollow Lilia, by Seaborne’s Flagship x HH Greystone Irish Wind, owned by Amy Plavin of Bellows Falls, VT, ridden by Katherine Short.

2011 Greystone’s Adirondack A’Herne, by Rosenaharley Laurens x Hideaway’s Smitheranne, owned by Cindy Fletcher of Harpursville, NY.