Rebel Wind (C127)
Sire: Inver Rebel (93)
Dam: Windy (782)

13 hands, gray, born 1960
Marks: Star, snip to left nostril; white spots on off hind coronet & hoof.

Breeder: Martin Griffin, Screebe, Maam Cross, Connemara
Owner: Connemara Pony Breeders' Society.

 

Internet Connemara Pony Gallery, Issue 4, 1.7.1999


Rebel Wind by Pat Lyne
Rebel Wind's contribution to the breed between 1963 - 1978 can not be over estimated. He was a small pony, no more than 13 hands 2 inches but he displayed the breeds best native characteristics and his fertility was never in doubt. While he may not have been highly considered in the show ring his value was in the consistency of his progeny, many of whom proved themselves both as reliable breeding stock and as winners in the Clifden ring. In her heyday his dam, Windy, was one of Connemara's "Queens" and his sire Inver Rebel was a hardy individual whose strength and bone was passed on to his son. Theirs was a great partnership from which many breeders have benefited over the years.

Thirty-five of Rebel Wind's sons were registered as stallions and many of them gave good service both in Ireland and overseas. Those best remembered are undoubtedly Marble and Murphy Rebel. The former left his mark in his homeland before making a subtantial contribution to the breed in Denmark. Murphy Rebel is still alive and is favoured by breeders who are anxious to breed true to type. Dangan Dun is a further son who will not be easily forgotten in the Galway region
where he spent his entire life. It was he who sired Atlantic Cliff who in turn provided the breed with Mervyn Kingsmill who became a very popular sire in the 1980s.

Rebel Wind's list of daughters, all two hundred and seventy two of them, contains many household names, at least five of whom Homeward Bound, Trixie, Lehid Wild Wind, Breath of Wind and Gay Belinda, founded or substained good female families who continue to breed in the heart of Connemara today.

C127 Rebel Wind's foals and their accomplishments:

Clifden 1966 1st place yearling colt, shown by P. Foye

Clifden 1967 1st place filly foal, shown by J. Little (o/o 1715)

Clifden 1967 1st place yearling colt, shown by J. Brennan

Clifden 1967 2nd place colt foal, shown by G. Irwin (o/o C2350)

Clifden 1968 1st place filly foal, shown by J. Little (o/o 1715)

Clifden 1968 3rd place filly foal, shown by J.A. Joyce (o/o 2714)

Clifden 1968 3rd place yearling colt, shown by G. Tulloch

Clifden 1968 1st place colt foal, shown by T.J. McDonagh (o/o C1750)

Clifden 1969 1st place yearling colt, shown by T.J. McDonagh

Clifden 1969 3rd place yearling colt, shown by J.J. Moone

Clifden 1969 2nd place 2 yr old colt, shown by G. Tulloch

Clifden 1970 1st place yearling colt, shown by J. Carr (o/o C3137)

Clifden 1970 1st place colt, shown by M. Molloy (o/o C3671)

Clifden 1971 1st place yearling colt, shown by T.J. McDonagh (o/o C1750)

Clifden 1971 2nd place yearling colt, shown by M. Conroy (o/o C3137)

Clifden 1971 3rd place yearling colt, shown by P. Curran (o/o C3139)

Clifden 1975 1st place filly foal, shown by M. Conneelly (o/o C1257)

Clifden 1976 1st place colt foals, shown by T.N. Mannion (o/o C3363)

Clifden 1977 3rd place colt foals, shown by M. Conneelly (o/o C2157)


 

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