| Stallions | Connemara Breeders Association | Connemara Type | Bruckless Ponies |
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Driving with Jane in Mayo
Bruckless ponies are integral to the way of life at Bruckless House, with the original stable building pre-dating the construction of the house.
Bruckless House Farm is involved in the breeding of quality Connemara ponies: suitable for riding and driving in the rough domain of Donegal: hardy and yet with a kindly streak and friendly dispositions. In the present herd driving dominates the performance scene although some are used under saddle too. Performance has always been the bottom line in Connemara Pony production here: the Evans brothers, Alexander and William rode their ponies from Bruckless to Clifden in 1987, covering the long road in six days before entering the ponies into the rings. They rode Sweetwall Wanda (M8389) and Bruckless Gaffalla (G1204) respectively, selling both ponies at Clifden that year (in 2008, Gaffalla found his way back home in retirement after a most successful career in Irish Pony Club and Riding Club activities). A further demonstration of the pony's worth was in 1997 when the family drove the stallion Davog in a 1889 gig from home to Clifden - a lovely experience for everyone concerned.
At present, the Bruckless herd comprises the following:
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Bruckless Emer (M11046) b.1995 |
riding/jumping/driving/brood mare. |
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Bruckless Epona (M3-19926) b.2008 |
Filly. |
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Bruckless Helen (M3-22148) b.2009 |
Filly foal. |
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Bruckless Eoin (G2189) b.1996 |
Gelding/riding/driving. |
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Bruckless Gaffalla (G1204) b.1985 |
Gelding/riding/jumping/retired. |
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Bruckless Elis (G2681) b.1999 |
Gelding/riding/driving. |
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Bruckless Homer (S2-3641) b.2007 |
Stallion. |
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Bruckless Echo (S2-1784) b.2006 |
Stallion/under saddle. |
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Corran Binne Jasmine (M2-19913) b.2000 |
Brood mare. |
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Rickamore Reilly (S3-7477) b.2009 Bruckless Emmett (pending) b.2010 |
Colt. Colt.
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Bruckless Gaffalla.
Breeding implies selling stock and frequently there are ponies for sale at Bruckless. Some young fillies are being kept with the intent that they become brood mares retaining the breed lines of the present mares. This leads to a change in the sire kept up until now,so with regret, Linsfort Boy has been sold to be replaced by Rickamore Reilly, a colt foal of outside breeding. Bruckless Echo, a stallion of Linsfort Boy/Bruckless Emer breeding, is presently standing with Ivan Stewart of Horn Head, in north Donegal. He can be found at wivanstewart@gmail.com .
Bruckless Homer was presented for inspection by the Connemara Pony Breeders' Society during the Spring of 2010 and was passed into the Stud Book as a stallion. Bruckless Epona will be presented as a mare in the inspections to be held in County Donegal during September 2010.
Bruckless Emmett with his dam Bruckless Emer on his first day - 4th June 2010 (photo: Ray Haynes)
LINKS
Connemara Pony Breeders Society www.cpbs.ie
Irish Horse Board www.irishsporthorse.com
Deanes Equestrian Centre www.deanesequestrian.ie
Dunlewey Connemara Ponies www.dunleweyconnemaraponies.com
Crossowen Connemara Ponies, Co. Tyrone www.crossowen.com
Patsy Schmidt, Germany http://www.connemara.de
Glaskopf Connemara Stud, Germany. www.gestuet-glaskopf.de
Stud Book of the CPBS www.connemara-ponies.com
Patricia Dalton, Co. Derry www.faughanvalestables.co.uk/
updated June 2010,
Clive and Joan Evans, Bruckless House, Bruckless, Co. Donegal, Ireland
phone: 074 9737071
email: bruc@bruckless.com