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ARCHIVED Headlines
2008
ACPS Region III Newsletter excerpts
(11/08)
Keogh's first show
(9/08)
Victory for Carole at her first-ever Combined Driving Event!
(9/08)
Connemaras at Dressage at Devon
(9/08)
AEC results
(9/08)
Clare goes to Pony Club camp
(9/08)
Summer Trail Rides
(9/08)
2008 Wellpride USEA AEC qualified
(8/08)
Region III Gelding Winner
(8/08)
New rider continues the success
(7/08)
USEA result
(6/08)
*Gun Smoke grandfoals
(6/08)
USEA Young Event Horse Winner
(5/08)
Spring competitions get underway
(5/08)
My Florida horse trip - one down, two back
(5/08)
Dixie
Chick has a brother
(4/08)
Rosie's new home
( 4/08)
Five Kynynmont Gun Smoke foals
( 4/08)
Arizona filly has arrived
(4/08)
Elphin Chickadee has moved to North Carolina
(3/08)
Our fourth and final foal of the year has arrived
(3/08)
Our two February foals escaped the worst of the weather
(2/08)
Spring competitions get underway.
(5/08)
ARCHIVED Headlines
2007
Catching up
(12/07)
Summer-Fall Results
(12/07)
Successful move up to Preliminary
(10/07)
2007 Cannon Carriage Classic VSE Champions
(8/07)
Mom's minis
(8/07)
Qualified!
(7/07)
Our ponies travel
(7/07)
Back on Native Turf
(7/07)
Foothills Connemaras do it all!
(7/07)
FM is a mom
(6/07)
New name and new home for Black Dog's Smokin Kate
(6/07)
Top Gun comes out on top
(6/07)
Foal Announcements
(4/07)
Successful move to Training Level CT
(4/07)
Successful move to Training Level dressage
(4/07)
FFC Great-Grand Child!
(4/07)
FM is a mom
(6/07)
New name and new home for Black Dog's Smokin Kate
(6/07)
Top Gun comes out on top
(6/07)
Foal Announcements
(4/07)
Successful move to Training Level CT
(4/07)
Successful move to Training Level dressage
(4/07)
FFC Great-Grand Child!
(4/07)
We had a great time hosting the Mark Russell, clinic and Region 4 spring meeting and trail ride.
(3/07)
The first to arrive are fillies
(3/07)
2006 ACPS Achievement Awards for Foothills Farms and Piedmont Connemaras
(3/07)
Dressage Debut
(2/07)
Beacon's girls like to do
(1/07)
ARCHIVED Headlines
2006
Year-end Movement among Connemaras
(12/06)
New Connemara owner
(11/06)
Riley takes Teasel Training
(10/06)
Penny's progress
(10/06)
What are we going to do?!
(10/06)
2006 Region V show
(10/06)
A great weekend for Beacon and Sun
(10/06)
Worth more than her weight in gold
(10/06)
ISR/Oldenburg Premium Filly
(9/06)
I'm so glad to be back in action:-)
(8/06)
No longer a spectator
(8/06)
Right to Ride Legislation still needs your support!
(8/06)
The judge adored her
(8/06)
ACPS Anniversary Gala - Old Friends and New
(8/06)
Travel Perks
(7/06)
Foaling season comes to a close
(7/06)
Laura earns her C3 Pony CLub Rating
(7/06)
Powers wins in Region X
(7/06)
More Connemaras for Lake Oconee Equestrian Center
(7/06)
Teasel's rise in the eventing ranks
(7/06)
*Gun Smoke update
(7/06)
Region 4 show results
(6/06)
Beacon's sport foal
(6/06)
Midwest updates
(6/06)
Year of the dun?
(6/06)
Success In-hand
(5/06)
MayFest Horse Trails
(5/06)
Pony Club Jumper Show
(5/06)
First stork report of the year
(5/06)
Penelope's first dressage show
(5/06)
The April Connemara trail ride at East Fork was a fabulous outing for all
(4/06)
FFC welcomes a new bride for *GUN SMOKE
(4/06)
Hope's First Show under saddle
(4/06)
ACPS releases plans for it's 50th Anniversary Celebration this August
(4/06)
Penny's Progress
(3/06)
New Connemaras for Rai and Ness
(3/06)
Area VIII Champions
(3/06)
Keogh update
(3/06)
Florida ponies complete their journey northward
(2/06)
Connemara relocations
(1/06)
Another great show
(1/06)
ARCHIVED Headlines
2005
Bucky's first year as an eventer was a Banner year
(12/05)
Equitation Champion in Palm Beach County
(12/05)
Thanks Vickie:-)
(12/05)
Busy Bee
(11/05)
FFC is pleased to welcome 2 new residents from Florida
(11/05)
Sam's career takes a new direction
(10/05)
Reserve Champions at Willowbrook Riding Club
(11/05)
Two new happy owners in Georgia
(10/05)
Pony of the Year in England
(10/05)
Winner of her first ADS sanctioned show
(9/05)
Another win for the Kentucky duo
(9/05)
More Regional Connemara show results
(9/05)
National Pony Club Champions!
(8/05)
Another FFC pony heads west
(7/05)
FFC congratulates our extended Connemara family on their ACPS Regional Show successes!
(7/05)
New owner and career change for 'Bucky'
(7/05)
News from Region III
(7/05)
Success in Florida for Marissa and Cassie
(6/05)
Getting started
(6/05)
Pony Club Debut
(6/05)
Gremlin saves the day
(5/05)
Some great news
(5/05)
Maggie is back in action
(5/05)
Leo's foal has arrived
(4/05)
Cassie's new girl
(4/05)
It's a boy!
(4/05)
The Crubaughs are now a 2 Connemara family
(4/05)
I'm back in the saddle again
(4/05)
A growing Connemara family in Illinois
(3/05)
Another great start!
(3/05)
A dun colt is exactly what I ordered!
(3/05)
IT'S A GIRL!!!!!
(3/05)
Black Dog's Smokin' Kate - Now Showing...
(2/05)
Piedmont Powers has arrived!
(2/05)
Kelli has a new home in Oklahoma
(2/05)
Off to a great start in their show careers together
(1/05)
Smokey Gem continues her westward journey
(1/05)
California Here I Come
(1/05)
Connemara Covergirls
(1/05)
ARCHIVED Headlines
2004
Laura and Juniper at the BN Championships
(12/04)
Connemaras on the move
(12/04)
River has moved up to Second Level
(12/04)
Our two TB mares, both in foal to Connemara stallions, have moved on to new homes
(11/04)
Update on Sam
(10/04)
Update on Reilly
(10/04)
A fun day at the Jump Start Horse Trials (KY)
(10/04)
Congratulations to Abby and her pony Winnie
(9/04)
FFC announces 2005 breeding plans; the last season for Balmullo's Beacon
(9/04)
Houston is now in Illinois
(9/04)
Two dun *Gun Smoke colts born in Florida
(8/04)
Eight year old Peyton is off to a very good start with her new Connemara
(7/04)
Partial Results from the 2004 ACPS Region 4 Connemara Celebration and Open Show
(7/04)
Piedmont Indian has a new little girl
(7/04)
An update on Piedmont Ritzy
(7/04)
Shea's progress
(7/04)
Kim and Gary have a new dun filly!
(6/04)
Breeding news at FFC
(6/04)
Stork report from Washington State
(5/04)
Sun's Dressage Debut
(5/04)
Stork report from Colorado
(5/04)
Now available for breeding at Amethyst Acres: *GUN SMOKE
(4/04)
*Gun Smoke's first 2004 colt is born
(4/04)
Connemara confidence booster at Fiesta Farms
(4/04)
Success in the Florida Pony Jumpers
(4/04)
Qualified for the USDF Regionals
(4/04)
The 1st 2004 stork report for a *Gun Smoke crossbred has arrived
(4/04)
Queen delivers a filly for the Kilcreases
(4/04)
Multiple Congrats to Marion C
(4/04)
Basingstoke winner
(2/04)
An even dozen for Star
(2/04)
Valentine's Day Surprise for Alice
(2/04)
"In love with the part pony"
or
"It's the pony-part I love"
(1/04)
ARCHIVED Headlines
2003
News from Utah
(12/03)
It's time to book your mare for breeding to one of our Connemara stallions in 2004
(12/03)
Partial results from the 2003 ACPS Region 4 Show
(10/03)
Juniper wins the Open Novice division at Jump Start
(10/03)
More dressage scores from NC!
(10/03)
The final stork-report of the year has come in:-)
(9/03)
Kentucky is not just for race-
horses
(8/03)
Congratulations to Pamela and Todd Black (FL)
(7/03)
The Lady also does hunters!
(7/03)
Meet Ruby!
(7/03)
Congratulations to Pete and Carolyn Mastin:-)
(7/03)
Our 2nd bay filly is here!
(7/03)
FFC finally has our very own *Gun Smoke foal, and she's just what we ordered!
(7/03)
The 'stork reports' keep rolling in
(6/03)
Our first 2003 "Foothills" foal has arrived!
(6/03)
The Lady does dressage!
(5/03)
Dressage in the Carolinas
(5/03)
*Gun Smoke's 2nd halfbred hits the ground in TN
(5/03)
Congratulations to Jim and Nancy Kilcrease (FL)
(5/03)
FFC's first foal of the year
(4/03)
*Gun Smoke's first-ever halfbred foal has arrived!
(4/03)
NESSITE is back!
(3/03)
Val checks in with training progress on her Connemara-cross pony, Neil
(3/03)
*Gun Smoke's 2
nd
American-bred purebred is here, also owned by Alice!
(3/03)
Purebred Connemara Broodmares available for lease
(3/03)
*Gun Smoke's first domestically bred foal has arrived!
(3/03)
ARCHIVED Headlines
2002
News from Ireland
(12/02)
Star heads south
(12/02)
"Beacon's" mares move on to new homes
(12/02)
The Morphs are finally here...at least a few of them
(11/02)
Ripple goes to kindergarden
(11/02)
The Cass clown
(10/02)
Connemaras at Octoberfest
(10/02)
An Irish Horse Story - Take 1
(10/02)
Happy in Utah
(10/02)
Show results from Tender Mercy Farm (NC)
(9/02)
Piedmont Indian launches a new career
(9/02)
Our 3rd September foal to arrive in August
(9/02)
Erin has her 13th foal!
(8/02)
First FFC foal of the year has finally arrived
(8/02)
Chic goes west
(8/02)
Freedom under saddle
(7/02)
And another mid-summer stork report
(7/02)
Piedmont Penelope foals again
(7/02)
Waterford's Orion Turns Two
(7/02)
Pleased to announce the arrival of Balmullo's Rhiannon
(7/02)
Cathleen is Pullin' for Jay
,
Jay Pullin
, that is!:o)
(7/02)
Jumpin' Junipers!
(6/02)
A warm welcome to Ballywhim Candace
(6/02)
Piedmont Ripple has a new home
(6/02)
Foothills Magnolia - going strong in Texas
(6/02)
Bubba Babies' update from Florida
(6/02)
PNH Clinic at FFC, Athens, TN, May 26 & 27, 2002
(6/02)
It was a good weekend at the Flying Cross horse trials
(5/02)
Juniper wins a top ribbon in her first Horse Trials!
(5/02)
Another fun Connemara trail ride in East Tennessee
(5/02)
It was a good weekend at the Flying Cross horse trials
(5/02)
PNH Clinic at FFC, Athens, TN, May 26 & 27, 2002
(5/02)
Another fun Connemara trail ride in East Tennessee
(5/02)
Three more Bubba fillies are born
(4/02)
Maggy added to her successes this last weekend
(4/02)
First 2002 'stork report' comes in from Florida
(4/02)
Maggy takes yet another Driving Championship!
(4/02)
*Gun Smoke arrives in Tennessee
(4/02)
Conn-TB in sidesaddle!
(2/02)
Update on Foothills Waterford
(2/02)
*Gun Smoke's competitive debut at Pine Top Farm
(1/02)
Another fun ride at the Chicamauga Battlefield
(1/02)
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ARCHIVED Headlines
2001
Announcing Mary Hughes' Christmas foal (12/01)
An Update from Jan on Balmullo's Cassiopia (11/01)
Check out the Del Mar Pedigree Query & add your ponies to the database!(11/01)
Fun at the ACPS Annual Membership meeting. (11/01)
Another Bubba Baby report from the Reg. 5 show. (11/01)
A report from the Roberts on the Region 5 show. (10/01)
Booking Information has been posted for the 2002 Breeding Season at FFC (10/01)
We are very pleased to announce the addition of *GUN SMOKE to the FFC breeding program (10/01)
Vanessa has a great time showing Bubba in dressage (10/01)
3 TN riders & their Connemaras tour the Chickamauga Battlefield, Ft. Oglethorp, GA (10/01)
Kim shows us how easy it is to sell a nice Connemara-TB cross (10/01)
New photos of Landsdown Liberty (9/01)
The blue stands out in Teri's red, white and blue (9/01)
Jan checks in from Florida after a Wisconsin summer with her 2 Connemaras (9/01)
A message from Ritzy's mom! (9/01)
Two Connemaras move to their new homes (8/01)
Res. Champion Connemara at the TX Sport Pony Show in Prosper, TX (8/01)
FFC ponies at the ACPS Region IV Show (8/01)
Sam and Deann Haggard competed in their first Combined Driving Event with 4 yr old Foothills Magnolia. (7/01)
Stork report from Alabama; baby out of Georgia. (7/01)
Juniper completed her first hunter show with flying colors(7/01)
Meet our newest arrival (7/01)
Lorenzo makes his competition debut (6/01)
'Pleasure' has a new home (6/01)
It's quite a filly-year for Balmullo's Beacon(6/01)
Ruffles had her baby!:-)(6/01)
We have word on Doc in Louisiana ! (6/01)
Congratulations to Julie Vandermeer on her new Connemara pony!(6/01)
Beury and Andy Stout announce the sale of their gelding out of Piedmont Penelope (6/01)
Two more bouncing Bubba babies to report:-)(5/01)
Birth Announcement (5/01)
Update from Virginia (5/01)
Gremlin update from Katie (5/01)
We have snapshots from Pleasure's second dressage show.(5/01)
Another filly by Beacon is born! (5/01)
Proudly announcing the birth of three 2001 foals by Balmullo's Beacon (5/01)
Piedmont Riveria continues his success in the dressage arena.(5/01)
Marion checks in from Kentucky (4/01)
Foothills Magnolia, Grand Champion at ADS Driving Club Show
(4/01)
Pleasure's first show(4/01)
Meet Big Bear's Lily
(3/01)
Many ribbons for Maggy at the March 2001 Texas Sport Pony Show. (3/01)
FFC will be breeding Beacon this year by Live Cover only (3/01)
Report on Maggy's first driving show!! (2/01)
The Roberts write about Gil and Zo (2/01)
Deanne sends news on Magnolia (2/01)
Back from a great weekend in Camden, SC(2/01)
Lady has arrived!!(1/01)
Ladybug is heading East!(1/01)
Gabby is heading West!(1/01)
ARCHIVED Headlines
2000
Time to buy your Region 4 Stallion Raffle Tickets (12/00)
Come see my new website! (12/00)
New photo of Freedom (12/00)
New photo of Balmullo's Cassipoia (12/00)
Katie and Rachel ride their Connemara's (12/00)
New photos of Foothills Magnolia (12/00)
Foothills Kelligan has a new home! (11/00)
Vanessa and Beacon finish the season at River Glen... (11/00)
In memory of "Buck"(12/00)
Beury Stout sent new photos of her ponies, Penny and O'Reilly :-)10/15
Vanessa had a fun run on Beacon at the Area 3 Novice Horse Championships
Beacon's Piper has a new home:-) 10/15
Balmullo's Beacon ran on the 1st place team at the Chronicle of the Horse Eastern Region Adult Team Championships at Tryon 10/01
Fall theme photo needed NOW!!!!!
Region 4 announces details of it's 2001 Stallion raffle 9/25
Piedmont Riveria moved up a level in dressage and won his class with a 67.9!! 9/25
Ruffles joins the herd of "Piedmont" producing broodmares, permanently! 8/15
Two Connemaras earn top ribbons at the Stone Gate Hunter Show in Knoxville, TN 8/14
King's Point Goat Farm proudly presents their new dog, Edsel! 8/14
The "Lizzy Connemara" trail ride was a fun outing for all who came. 8/14
Piedmont Indian has a new home! (7/15)
Region 4 Stallion raffle won by breeder in Washington State!
Great people, great ponies and great fun at the Region 4 show!! (7/4)
FFC welcomes 2 new Conn-TB colts by Balmullo's Beacon (6/24)
Balmullo's Beacon takes rider/owner Vanessa Morgan to victory at Pine Top!
(4/16)
Bubba and Ness complete their first competition together (Flat Creek CT)! (4/9)
Congratulations to Val Courtoy on her new foal!!
Foothills Ashford has a new home in Tennessee!
Trail ride rescheduled and show date set at Region 4 meeting!
Foothills Magnolia learns how to drive!
New owner in FL buys "Bubba Baby" from Balmullo Farm!
Piedmont Riviera and High Rocks Hannah earn top ribbons at SC dressage show!
Piedmont Penelope's foal is born!
Foothill Freedom leaves for New York!
The Region 4 Meeting has been rescheduled for 3/25.
Foothills Magnolia and Deanne attend their first show together.
News/photo from Michigan.
Rachel and Queen win Year-End circuit titles!
Balmullo's Beacon wins USCTA Area 3 Year-end award!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to Kim Lander on her purchase of Beacon's Siobhan!
Congratulations to Deann Haggard on her purchase of Foothills Magnolia!!
You can order an Equestrian doll, custom made with your features for only $90.00! ORDER NOW TO ENSURE DELIVERY BY CHRISTMAS! (see below)
Balmullo's Beacon WON his Training division at the River Glen Horse Trials with the best dressage score of the event!!
Our Corgi, Ester, has 2 puppies!
Added "News Archives"; to see old-news, go to the bottom of this page.
The November 1999, Region 4 show has been cancelled!
Read "The River Crossing" below, an adventure in the Cherokee National Forest.
Balmullo's Beacon finished 3rd at the Happy Valley HT in Mississippi on 10/30 - 10/31/99.
Beacon WON 1st place, AGAIN!!, at the Big Bear USCTA Horse Trials (GA) in the Training Horse division on 10/23 - 10/24/99!!!!!!
STORK REPORT (see below) gray Conn-TB colt by Balmullo's Beacon.
Pick up the October issue of "Horse Illustrated", now on the shelf, for a wonderfully written piece by John Lewis, on the Connemara!
A successful American Connemara Pony Society meeting was held in St. Augustine, in spite of Hurricane Floyd!
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