Kynynmont
Connemaras by *Gun Smoke
Bred by Pam
Liddell, Conestoga, PA
(born 2008)
Kynynmont
Caleigh
[M5918 XLVII] purebred mare out of Greystone Anne Laurella
(born 2008) Kynynmont
Brody
purebred colt out of Kynynmont Haley (by Willem O'Toole)
(born 2008)
Kynynmont
Cooper O'Grady
purebred stallion out of Kynynmont Moira [M2162 XLII]
(born 2008)Kynynmont Gunsmoke Gideon 15.3h halfbred gelding out of Kynynmont Terra
(born
2008) Sebastian dun gelding out of Baileighs
Irish Dream
(born 2005) Kynynmont Kerrianna [M3622 XLIV] purebred mare out of Kynynmont
Arianna [M1993 XXXIX] (by *Canal Laurinston)
(born 2003) Kynynmont Cameo of Ledgewood
[M3946 XLVI] Dam: Heaven's Ridge Misty Kil Sunset [M1507 XXXI]
lt bay (by Lynfield's Kiltuck)
(born 2003) Kynynmont Lara of Ledgewood
[TFC 4270XL] purebred mare out of Ledgewood Greystone Tralee [M1803
XXXVII] 14.1h bay (by Greystone McErrill)
We did it! Kynynmont Gunsmoke’s Gideon
made his Grand Prix debut!
This horse is one in a million and I’m so honored I get to
be his trainer! Thank you Pam for breeding him and trusting me
with his training and care! He is a wonderful representative of
the Connemara breed! He is 3/4 Connemara, 10 years old & sure
looks bigger than his 15’2 hands! He is a joy to have around
every day & so much fun to ride and train! Pam has some incredible
Connemara/warm blood crosses coming up the ranks so be sure to
check it out if you want your own Gideon! (JoJo Tate - fb post 6/16/18)
Kynynmont Kerrianna (*Gun
Smoke x Kynynmont Arianna), owner by Gail Kopp, rider Erin Freedman,
breeder Pam Liddell: 2017 USDF Third Level Open, 2nd place
Kynynmont Cooper O'Grady (*Gun
Smoke x Kynynmont Arianna), owner/breeder Pam Liddell, rider Erin
Freedman : 2017 USDF Prix St. Georges Open, 1st place
Kynynmont
Gunsmoke’s Gideon 2015 USDF Region 1 Champion at 4th Level
Open
Published on ACPS.org Wednesday, 28 October 2015 20:59
Kynynmont
Gunsmoke’s Gideon is on a roll! After winning the 4th level,
test 3 class at Dressage at Devon the first weekend of October,
Gideon went on to win the 2015 Championship honors at 4th Level
Open this past weekend at Region 1 Dressage Championships held
in Lexington, Virginia. Having also received a qualifying score
at Prix St. Georges at Region 1 Championships, Gideon will move
on to compete at the U.S. Dressage Finals in Lexington, Kentucky
the first weekend of November at both 4th Level and Prix St. Georges.
This
is an exciting opportunity for Kynynmont Connemaras to showcase
one of our great Connemara performers in truly National competition!
Gideon is a 7-year-old, ¾ Connemara, by Gunsmoke and out
of my halfbred Connemara mare, Kynynmont Tara (Greystone McErill
x Irish Rose). He exhibits all the wonderful traits of a Connemara
pony that make Connemaras so good for dressage---naturally forward-thinking,
extremely willing and very supple, My thanks go to JJ Tate of
Team Tate Dressage, who trains and shows Gideon, and to her husband,
Richard Malmgren, who takes so many beautiful photos of my ponies,
including this one. JJ has done an amazing job of bringing the
best out in Gideon, and also supervising the training by her assistant
trainer, Kaitlin Blythe, of my now 4th-Level stallion, Kynynmont
Cooper O’Grady (*Gunsmoke x Kynynmont Moira), my now 3rd-Level
gelding, Kynynmont Ballytobin (Ballywhim Sterling Moss x Greystone
Adirondack Roseanna) and my now Intermediaire -B Level mare, Kynynmont
Blue Sapphire (Landgate’s Bluebeard x Kynynmont Moira). At
the beginning of September, with Kaitlin in the saddle on all
three, Cooper won the National Dressage Pony Cup Finals 3rd-Level
Open Championship, Toby won the NDPC Second Level Open Championship,
Sophie won the NDPC FEI Reserve Championship, and Cooper was also
High Score Connemara of the show. What a great show season this
has been! I am so happy with the decision I made 23 years ago
to breed Connemara ponies. They are the best!
The
ponies had another fabulous show with Team Tate Dressage, this
time at Region 1 Championships in Lexington, VA. JJ Tate piloted
Kynynmont Gunsmoke's Gideon to another big win, making him 2015
Region 1 Champion at 4th Level Open. JJ has done a beautiful job
of bringing out the best in Gideon.
Team
Tate's Kaitlin Blythe did her usual fabulous job of showing three
other Kynynmont ponies. Kynynmont Blue Sapphire, aka Sophie, made
her debut at Intermediaire B, finishing first on Friday and second
on Saturday. Sophie is a passage machine---it is so fun to see
her strut her stuff. Kynynmont Ballytobin (Toby) made his debut
at Third Level, with a first, a second and a third. And Kynynmont
Cooper O'Grady tried his hand at 4th Level, with a second and
a third. Kaitlin has done so much to bring these ponies along.
Thank
you so much to JJ and Kaitlin for a magnificent training and showing
job with all of them. And thank you to Richard Malmgren for recording
their successes with such gorgeous photos! By owner, Pam
Liddell
Kynynmont Cooper O'Grady 2015 USDF National
Dressage Pony Cup 3rd Level Champion
Kynynmont Gunsmoke's Gideon 2008, 15.3h gelding
(*Gun Smoke x Kynynmont Tara), was the 2014 ACPS HALFBRED CONNEMARA OF
THE YEAR!
Congratulations to owner/breeder Pam Liddell of Conestoga, PA
2013 USEF
Horse of the Year High Point Purebred Dressage:
2nd
place KYNYNMONT COOPER O'GRADY, Pam Liddell (PA)
5th place KYNYNMONT KERRIANNA, Pam Liddell (PA)
USEF 2012 Connemara
Horse of the Year Halfbred: Dressage Champion Kynynmont Gunsmoke's Gideon, Pam Lidell,
Conestoga, PA
USEF 2012 Connemara Horse of the Year Purebred: Dressage Reserve Champion Cooper O'Grady, Pam Lidell, Conestoga,
PA
USEF 2012 Connemara Horse of the Year Purebred: Dressage 3rd place Kynynmont Kerianna, Pam Lidell,
Conestoga, PA
Congratulations
to Pam Liddell and her Kynynmnont Connemaras
for their tremendous success in dressage competiotions in 2012:
At the Region
1 GAIG Dressage Finals in Williamston, N.C., her four-year-old
stallion, Kynynmont Cooper O'Grady
(*Gun Smoke x Kynynmont Moira),
ridden by Emily O'Neill, was First Level Open Champion (out of a class of 31). Cooper scored
a 77.903% in First-2. He proudly led the victory gallop, followed
by seven very big, very fancy warmblood horses. Well, actually,
one of those in the rest of the line-up was Kynynmont
Gunsmoke's Gideon (*Gun Smoke
x Kynynmont Tara), who was fifth in the same Finals class. Gideon
scored a 78.243% in First-3
Kynynmont Cooper O'Grady
At the BLM
Championships in Lexington, VA, they made a first in BLM history
by having three horses, all ridden by the same rider (Emily),
place in the First Level Senior-B Finals class---Cooper, Kerrianna
(*Gun Smoke x Kynynmont Arianna),
and Gideon were fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in a class
of 40.
At Morven Park
in September, we came home with nine blue ribbons, three reds
and a white, as well as another Adult Amateur High Score Award
for Pam and Grady, with a 73.871% at First-3.
"All in
all, we have had a fabulous 2012 show season. We are very lucky
to have trainer, Dorie Addy-Crow training Grady and supervising
the training of the other ponies, and assistant trainer, Emily
O'Neill training and showing them. Dorie and Emily are the best
thing that has happened for Pam and the Kynynmont ponies. With
their input, Kynynmont Connemaras is now listed with USEF as the
eighth (out of 1,360) leading breeder of dressage horses in the
U.S. for 2012. Who ever would have guessed?! That is a PONY breeder
making the top ten of breeders of dressage horses. Way to go Connemaras!!!
They are the best!!!"
CONGRATULATIONS
TO PAM AND HER TEAM AT KYNYNMONT CONNEMARAS!!!
At
the 2012 PVDA Ride for Life Dressage Show in Upper Marlboro,
MD, Kynynmont
Gunsmoke’s Gideon (*Gun Smoke X Kynynmont Tara) scored a 79.828%
at First Level, Test 1, a hair’s breadth away from an 80%!!!
That score earned him the Overall High Score Champion award for the
entire show, in which approximately 275 horses competed.
Pam
has informed assistant trainer, Emily O’Neill, who competes
all the ponies other than Grady, that she owes Pam a case of Irish
beer each time she beats her. Emily will soon be poor, and Pam
will be drunk! Pam and Grady are trying hard to move up to Second
Level to escape the competition of the other Kynynmont ponies.
Ever since Dorie Addy-Crow Dressage came to Kynynmont Farm in
April of 2011, the Kynynmont ponies have had the benefit of the
outstanding training and amazing showmanship of Dorie and Emily,
which produced similar successes last year and earlier this year.
Gideon
won the First Level High Score award at Dressage at Fair Hill at the beginning
of June, and Kerrianna won the same
award at Dressage at Blue Goose in May. Pam was adult amateur high score
winner at Blue Goose, and Adult Amateur Challenge First Level
Champion on Grady at the ESDCTA Memorial Day Weekend Dressage
show. Four of the five ponies we compete are dark duns and attract
much attention at the shows because of their unusual color, because
they are ponies (except for Gideon, who is a half-bred), and because
of their successes. Many people, including the judges, ask what
breed they are, so they have become great ambassadors for the
Connemara breed in dressage. We have found that Connemaras certainly
have the brain for dressage, and it is easy for their compact
bodies to do the movements. Grand Prix, here we come!”
Below
is posted with permission from the American Connemara - 2012 Awards
Issue:
At his first
recognized show,Kynynmont Gunsmoke’s Gideon (*Gun
Smoke X Irish Rose), a Connemara half-bred ridden by trainer,
Dorie Addy-Crow. Gideon, not to be outdone by his siblings,
placed first
in Training Level Test 3
on Friday, with a score of 74.8%. He also took a third (72%) and
a fifth (70.7%) (behind his siblings).
At
the 2012 PVDA Ride for Life Dressage Show in Upper Marlboro,
MD, the third
overall high score of the show
Kynynmont Kerrianna (*Gun
Smoke X Kynynmont Arianna), with a 76.452% at First Level, Test
3.
Pam has informed assistant trainer, Emily O’Neill, who competes
all the ponies other than Grady, that she owes Pam a case of Irish
beer each time she beats her. Emily will soon be poor, and Pam
will be drunk! Pam and Grady are trying hard to move up to Second
Level to escape the competition of the other Kynynmont ponies.
Ever since Dorie Addy-Crow Dressage came to Kynynmont Farm in
April of 2011, the Kynynmont ponies have had the benefit of the
outstanding training and amazing showmanship of Dorie and Emily,
which produced similar successes last year and earlier this year.
Gideon won the First Level High Score award at Dressage at Fair
Hill at the beginning of June, and Kerrianna won the same award at Dressage
at Blue Goose
in May. Pam was adult amateur high score winner at Blue Goose,
and Adult Amateur Challenge First Level Champion on Grady at the
ESDCTA Memorial Day Weekend Dressage show. Four of the five ponies
we compete are dark duns and attract much attention at the shows
because of their unusual color, because they are ponies (except
for Gideon, who is a half-bred), and because of their successes.
Many people, including the judges, ask what breed they are, so
they have become great ambassadors for the Connemara breed in
dressage. We have found that Connemaras certainly have the brain
for dressage, and it is easy for their compact bodies to do the
movements. Grand Prix, here we come!”
2011
Bronze Medal in Dressage
(From ACPS.org
weekly pony news 11/6/11) Conestoga,
PA: Pam Liddell has sent another inspiring report! Pam says, “Even
though they are smaller than most of the other competitors, Connemaras
made a big impression this past weekend at the Colonel Bengt Ljungquist
Memorial Championships and Garden State Classic Dressage Show,
a combined three-day recognized dressage show at the New Jersey
Horse Park. Two purebred Connemara ponies earned the three highest
scores of the entire three-day show, sweeping first and second
places in both Training Level Test 2 on Friday, and Training Level
Test 3 on Sunday, and taking Reserve Champion in the Training
Level Finals. Kynynmont Cooper O’Grady (*Gun
Smoke X Kynynmont Moira) had not only the high score of the show (79.2%), but also the second highest score
(78.2%). Cooper
was also Training
Level Reserve Champion
with a score of 72.679%, and Sophie tied for 5th in the Training
Level Championships with a score of 71.071%, in a class of 25.
No one could have guessed from his steady performances that Cooper
is only three years old, and a stallion to boot. Sophie was also
absolutely steady, and thinks it’s a bummer to have to keep
showing in the same classes as Cooper. Both Cooper was ridden
by assistant trainer, Emily O’Neill.
Also showing,
in his first recognized show, was Kynynmont Gunsmoke’s
Gideon (*Gun Smoke X Irish Rose),
a Connemara half-bred ridden by trainer, Dorie Addy-Crow. Gideon,
not to be outdone by his siblings, placed first in Training Level Test
3 on Friday, with
a score of 74.8%. He also took a third (72%) and a fifth (70.7%)
(behind his siblings). Kynynmont Kerrianna, (*Gun
Smoke X Kynynmont Arianna) ridden by Dorie Addy-Crow, took
a third in Training Level Test 2 on Sunday, with a 70.714%. Cooper,
Gideon and Kerrianna are dark duns, who attract
much attention not only because of their small stature, but also
because of their unusual color, which stands out in a crowd of
bay and chestnut warmbloods. Everyone asks what breed they are,
and I am pleased and proud to tell people they are Connemara
ponies. Next year we look forward to competing at first and second
levels (and Sophie and Laney maybe even at third). Onward and
upward! Connemaras are the best!”
Conestoga,
PA: Pam Liddell has sent this update from Kynynmont Farm. “Holy
Smokes! Kynynmont Connemara’s Gun Smoke youngsters were show stoppers at the PVDA Ride
for Life Dressage Show in Upper Marlboro, MD this past weekend.
Kynynmont
Gunsmoke’s Gideon (*Gun Smoke X Kynynmont Tara) scored a 79.828%
at First Level, Test 1, a hair’s breadth away from an 80%!!!
That score earned him the Overall High Score Champion award for the entire show, in which
approximately 275 horses competed.
The
Reserve Champion
Overall High Score
award was earned by Gideon’s half-brother, our stallion,
Kynynmont
Cooper O’Grady (“Cooper”) (*Gun Smoke X Kynynmont Moira),
with a score of 76.486% at First Level, Test 2. The third overall high score
of the show
(no award given) was earned by half-sister, Kynynmont Kerrianna (*Gun Smoke X Kynynmont
Arianna), with a 76.452% at First Level, Test 3. Their respective
second scores for the weekend were 73.448%, 73.387%, and 72.568%.
Pam has informed assistant trainer, Emily O’Neill, who competes
all the ponies other than Grady, that she owes Pam a case of
Irish beer each time she beats her. Emily will soon be poor,
and Pam will be drunk! Pam and Grady are trying hard to move
up to Second Level to escape the competition of the other Kynynmont
ponies. Ever since Dorie Addy-Crow Dressage came to Kynynmont
Farm in April of 2011, the Kynynmont ponies have had the benefit
of the outstanding training and amazing showmanship of Dorie
and Emily, which produced similar successes last year and earlier
this year. Gideon
won the First Level High Score award at Dressage at Fair Hill at the beginning of
June, and Kerrianna
won the same award at Dressage at Blue Goose in May. Pam was adult amateur high
score winner at Blue Goose, and Adult Amateur Challenge First
Level Champion on Grady at the ESDCTA Memorial Day Weekend Dressage
show. Four of the five ponies we compete are dark duns and attract
much attention at the shows because of their unusual color, because
they are ponies (except for Gideon, who is a half-bred), and
because of their successes. Many people, including the judges,
ask what breed they are, so they have become great ambassadors
for the Connemara breed in dressage. We have found that Connemaras
certainly have the brain for dressage, and it is easy for their
compact bodies to do the movements. Grand Prix, here we come!”
