Connemara Trail Rides

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Chicamauga Battlefield March 11, 2007
BELOW - L to R: Rachel Blalock on Foothills Hopefilly and Vanessa Morgan on Beacon's Pushbutton

BELOW - L to R: Megan Harris-Buchanan on Wildwych Cricket and Lee Harris on No Regrets

BELOW - L to R: Rebecca Bush on Corner Oak Gwenevere and Ann Bush on Corner Oak Lydia


East Fork (TN) April 2006

BELOW: Ann with Gremlin (tied by a shoe string)--------------------------------- Carla on Beau

BELOW: Carole on Sheamus--------------------------------- Donnette on Black

BELOW: Michelle and Peach (sharing an apple)--------------------------------- Parker with Lady

BELOW: Jeri and Kerin--------------------------------- Vanessa and Gus

June 19, 2005 - Gee Creek: Carole on Piper and Vanessa on Ladybug

Gee Creek (TN) April 27, 2002

New Year's Eve - Chicamauga BattlefieldDecember 31, 2001

October 2001
3 TN riders & their Connemaras tour the Chickamauga Battlefield, Ft. Oglethorp, GA (10/01)
Carole Moss on Sheamus, Vanessa on Queen and Parker on Hope rode the 10 mile loop at the historic Georgia park on 10/6/01. The park has about 3 marked trails. We had planned on the shortest one as this was the first undersaddle outing for the young Hope but we inadvertently took the longest trail! Our 2 hour ride became a 4 hour ride. We all had a wonderful time and all 3 of our ponies again proved their worth and confirmed our love of this breed. The Civil War park is dotted with numberous monuments to soldiers killed in battle, battlesites and monuments erected by vaious states, honoring the soldiers representing them. Our ponies rode past these many odd looking objects and cannons with barely, if any hesitation, and also crossed the stream leading under a bridge and crossing a high traffic road. We had so much fun, we're going back on 10/20 with our good friend Elizabeth Hardison from Roanoke, VA, but will leave the young Hope behind as she has earned her winter break (after Elizabeth demonstrates how to hitch up a cart to her:-)

Region 4 held a conformation and judging clinic at Balmullo Farm in Alachua, Florida. Laura Balding of Three Creek Farm, MO, and Marynell Eyles of Top of the Ridge Farm, VA, were the clinicians. It was a very fun, informative and interesting session which motivated the owners to go home, get out the string, make a plumb line and 'measure' our ponies.
A video of this clinic can be purchased through our Region 4 Store - see above!
A few of us rode through "The Temple of the Universe" Saturday morning before the clinic on ponies provided by Donna Duckworth.
Also, the die-hards attended a productive Regional meeting on Saturday evening, after a group dinner. The winner of the stallion raffle was ... well ... stay tuned for the upcoming issue of the Region 4 newsletter for more info and fun details, plus minutes of the meeting!!
Vanessa Morgan, Region 4 Chairman

Spring 2000
The 2000 Region 4 Trail Ride was a fun and relaxing outing for 6 horse & rider pairs on Saturday, 8/5; four riders stayed overnight in a really cute, fully furnished cabin, got up to a wonderful pancake and bacon breakfast, and headed out on another ride on Sunday, before heading back home. Those who participated in this year's ride were Katie Benton on Fiddler's Gremlin MacDaire, Emily Benton on Flash (QH), Rachel Blalock on Foothills River Queen, Elizabeth Hardison on Sparrow, Vanessa Morgan on Pleasure (TB) and Carole Moss on Sarah (Belgian cross). The weather was wonderful and the company couldn't be beat! Although the ride will not be officially organized as a "regional" activity next year, I'm sure this group will be planning another outing in the beautiful Tennessee country-side and mountains:-)

November 1999

The River Ride - Gee Creek (TN) October 1999

Innagural R4 Connemara Ride - East Fork (TN) May 1999

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