We are pleased to offer for breeding the imported Champion German Connemara Pony stallion *Smaragaid Cliff. He is by the Danish dressage champion Munkholm Cobbergate (Ardnasillagh O'Flaherty x Oxenholm Cora) out of the German Federal Premium Mare Shamrock Bright Roxanne (Power Boy x Bright Pearl). He was bred by Martina Ferfers of Smaragaid Connemaras in Germany. You can see even more pictures of Cliff and his extraordinary family by visiting Smaragaid Connemaras.

*Smaragaid Cliff brings new, exceptional bloodlines to the U.S., offering well-known and respected European Connemara Ponies close up on both sides of his pedigree, including multiple Danish Elite mares, Danish Elite stallions and German Federal Premium mares as well as champion Danish dressage stallions. 

Cliff's progeny proves that he successfully passes on his own award-winning ways and those of his famous ancestors.

According to a 2013 report by the Connemara Pony Breeders Society in Ireland, Cliff is among the best possible outcross stallions for mare owners. To quote the report: "Many of these rare line stallions are free of Abbeyleix Owen, Mervyn Kingsmill, Hazy Dawn and Ashfield Sparrow. Consequently, they and some of their daughters are ideal for developing outcross stallions for breeding with the large numbers of mares from overused stallions." Cliff's grandfather, Ardnasillagh O'Flaherty, is listed in the report as a rare line stallion. Cliff also has none of these 'overused stallions' anywhere in his pedigree. Read the entire report by clicking here.

Cliff has been inspected and approved by the American Connemara Pony Society and earned the honor of being named a Premium Stallion, the ACPS's top designation for inspected ponies.
Useful Information about Cliff

  • Cliff is 14.3 hands 
  • He has 9 inches of bone
  • Inspected Premium by the American Connemara Pony Society for his exceptional conformation, movement, temperament and type
  • Named a USEF Leading Dressage Sire (the only Connemara listed) and USEF HOTY
  • Produces balanced dressage gaits
  • Produces the conformation to jump
  • Temperament that is kind, tractable, brave and happy; Cliff is a joy.
  • Named Reserve Grand Champion Stallion Great American Insurance Group/USDF Breeders' Championship Series, Rocky Mountain Series Final 2007; Multiple USDF All-Breed Championships
  • Awarded Two ACPS Gold Medallion Lifetime Achievement Awards for In-Hand and Dressage 
  • UC Davis color tested brown, negative for grey, creme and chestnut genes
  • UC Davis tested negative (N/N) for Hoof Wall Separation Disease (HWSD) of the Connemara Pony; will breed quality purebred mares that are N/HWSD and HWSD/HWSD to help preserve the breed's already limited gene pool, as recommended by the international Connemara Pony Research Group.
  • EVA negative and vaccinated annually
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