OUR STALLIONS

Both Castle Baron and Glenormiston Tipper O'Toole are standing to outside mares in 2006

Click here to see photos of our new colt Frederiksminde Hazy Miracle

Castle Baron  (imported Ire)

Abbeyleix Owen - Castle Dame (Mervyn Kingsmill)

 1997 Dark Bay  14.1 1/4   PEDIGREE

Castle Baron (Henry) was purchased as a 2 year old from Henry O'Toole of Clifden in 1999 and stands at stud at Glenormiston along with  his son Glenormiston Tipper O'Toole. He is a stunning pony with a blue blooded pedigree. His two full sisters Castle Countess and Castle Urchin were Supreme Champion and Reserve respectively at Clifden Ireland in 2001. Castle Urchin was Supreme Champion in 2002 and yet again in 2007. 

His full brother Castle Comet is hugely successful in England and was Supreme Champion at the English Breed Show in 2000 and Ridden Champion a year later as well as becoming the first Connemara pony to win  Champion of Champions (against all comers) at the Horse of the Year Show in Britain. In 2004 he won the double awards at the Horse of the Year Show and Olympia - a first for any Connemara Pony. Both parents of these 4 famous siblings, Abbeyleix Owen and Castle Dame were Clifden winners.  This is truly a remarkable family.

                                                   

Castle Baron was the  Supreme All Breeds Champion Pony of the Show at the biggest pony show in Queensland -  the Stud Pony Show - in 2003 and 2004 . He has won Supreme All Breeds Stallion of the same show for the last 4 years - 2003 to 2006   He has been awarded many Supreme Championships in both Connemara classes and against all pony breeds in Australia over the last couple of years. Sadly because of lack of riders (our children have all grown up and live away from here and we live in too remote a location to 'borrow' riders )Henry hasn't competed under saddle like our other stallions. He is a delight to ride and we enjoy riding him at home on the farm - he is one of the quietest and most sensible ponies we have ever owned

Henry oozes quality yet is an extremely typical Connemara Pony with wonderful bone  and a super temperament. He is one of the loveliest ponies we have come across in our travels in Europe and we are extremely lucky to have been able to purchase him.  His foals are proving to be just as attractive and typey  as their sire and inherit his wonderful laid back temperament. With his colour and bloodlines, he suits every mare and filly at Glenormiston and indeed in Australia.   He is a huge asset to our breeding programme at Glenormiston and is the only Abbeyleix Owen offspring in Australia.

                                                   

 

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Glenormiston Tipper O'Toole

Castle Baron - Oxenholm Tiffany (Rory Ruadh)

2002  bay 13.21/2   PEDIGREE

We have retained a lovely young bay stallion by Castle Baron and out of Oxenholm Tiffany. Tipper was inspected as a 2 year old in 2004 and passed with flying colours .  He has an incredibly quiet and sweet temperament and with his wonderful bloodlines, should produce foals with a great future. Tipper has gone away to pursue a dressage career with his rider Lyndie Easton but he will be available to outside mares from October to February when he will take a break from competition and return home to Glenormiston  for a few months. Tipper will be particularly useful over the bigger mares to retain pony size.

                              April 2008

His second dressage competition

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Frederiksminde Hazy Miracle

Hazy Dawn - Frederiksminde Mellow (Hamlet of Oakleigh)

2007 grey(bay)           PEDIGREE

 This lovely colt was bred in Denmark by Gunner and Anne Harder Andersen and we have been very fortunate to be able to purchase him as a future sire for the  Glenormiston mares. He will join us later in the year and is the first Hazy pony to be available in Australia..

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Domo Cavallo Praize 

 The King of Glenormiston 1975-2006

Connemara Park Peter - Kirtling Haze (Whalton Sandune)

grey 14.1 1/2          PEDIGREE

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 Grey (born dun) 14.1 1/2 hands.

Domo Cavallo Praize (Connemara Park Peter - Kirtling Haze [imp] was one of the most successful Connemara ponies in Australia, never being beaten at a Royal Show ( Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane ), Supreme Champion Connemara at 11 of 13 Stud Pony shows, with dozens of championships and supreme championships from agricultural shows. Praize evented in open competition, being unplaced only once over a 10 year EFA eventing career. He competed successfully in harness and in EFA showjumping and dressage competitions - against horses of all heights-

as well as winning the overall championship under saddle for all breeds at the Stud Pony Show in Queensland. He carried two of our children to success in interschool competitions back when junior riders were allowed to ride stallions. With his impeccable  temperament and amazing ability, he became a legend in Queensland and indeed in Australia

              

 His progeny have been highly successful in the performance field as well as in hand.  Sadly Praize died in June 2006 at the age of almost 31. He is sorely missed at Glenormiston as he had been part of our family for over 30 years - he joined us when he was 8 months old.  He has left us two  beautiful sons Glenormiston Celtic Prince and Glenormiston Celtic Pride from the 2005/2006 seasons to carry on his legacy. We plan to run these colts on at Glenormiston to decide on their future.  We have retained a number of his daughters and grand-daughters at Glenormiston as broodmares.

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Abbeyleix Finbar (imp Ire)

Ballydonagh Rob - Finola of Leam (Lavalley Rebel)

1978-2006 grey 13.2 1/2    PEDIGREE

                          
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  Grey (born  black) 13.2 1/2 hands

In 1979, the  yearling colt Abbeyleix Finbar (Ballydonagh Rob - Finola of Leam) was purchased in Ireland from Padraic Hynes of Ballinafad who had bought Finbar as a weanling. He was bred by the late Viscountess de Vesci at Abbeyleix and we are proud to have owned one of her beautiful ponies.  Finbar is a three-quarter brother of Coosheen Finn and Leam Bobby Finn and like his illustrious brothers he has bred on with great success producing many fine ponies.     

                                                        pictured here at 24  

                                                                     Finbar succeeded Praize in the show ring, winning innumerable championships and supreme championships as well as competing with great success in harness and pony jumping.  Like our other stallions, his progeny have it all  -  temperament, type, correct conformation, ability and movement. He has a number of successful stallion sons in Australia, USA and New Zealand and is the sire of many of our best broodmares at Glenormiston.  Sadly he was put down in March 2006 at the grand age of 28. We miss him and his cheery call at feedtime. We have several good colt foals by Finbar from the 2006 crop.

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Oxenholm Gideon (imp Denmark)  

Oxenholm Godot - Ardnasillagh Treasure (Inver Rebel)

1976-2000 Dun 14 hands    PEDIGREE

 

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We were very privileged to have owned this wonderful dun stallion (bought in Denmark after the Roskilde festival of '81) until  September 2000 when he died very suddenly at the age of 24 . He was a true gentleman as well as being one of the most wonderful and typical representatives of the breed ever imported into Australia. He has left several stallion sons in this country and we are lucky to have retained some of his daughters and grand-daughters. Gideon was one of the few ponies that we could totally trust with any rider including young children. He was amazingly capable and won the showjumping competition for local horses and ponies at Brookfield Show every year he competed beating many top showjumpers. Everyone at Glenormiston misses him greatly. He has left a legacy of good ponies and we still have two of his daughters and several grand daughters here at Glenormiston

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 This is the memorial headstone situated near the stables for our 3 wonderful old stallions

Domo Cavallo Praize, Abbeyleix Finbar and Oxenholm Gideon

Mares & Foals

                 
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fillies cooling off in summer

The broodmares at the Glenormiston Stud were carefully selected over a number of years from around the world. In recent years a number of quality fillies have been retained by the stud to carry on these important bloodlines. These mares and fillies were chosen for their temperament, conformation, type and ability.  Only one of our original imports, Oxenholm Tiffany (26 years), is still with us but our current broodmares are almost all descended from the select band of imported mares owned by Glenormiston in the 1970's and 80's. There are currently 16 pure Connemara broodmares at Glenormiston with approximately 10-12 foals being produced each year. See our Broodmare page

  some of the older  mares at Glenormiston.

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Some Ponies bred at Glenormiston

The Glenormiston purebred ponies have been a huge success story with our ponies winning in all spheres of equestrian activity throughout Australia and abroad. Many have represented their state in dressage, eventing and showjumping and many are winners in hacking, harness and in-hand classes all over this country and abroad. It gives us great pleasure to see our ponies do well for their new owners.

                         

7 year old Indi on 5 year old 14 hand Glenormiston Dunmurry  (Castle Baron-Glenormiston Rosmara)

Our aim is to continue to breed ponies with superb even temperaments, excellent conformation and movement who have exceptional willingness and ability and are truly representative of their breed.

Glenormiston Cashel aged 2        some pure & partbred geldings

We no longer breed partbreds but our Glenormiston partbreds continue to do well in competition with their owners                             

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Some of the Stallions bred at Glenormiston

  Finnian                   Fintan          Oliver

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Stallions bred at Glenormiston over the years are 

Glenormiston McInnerney Muskerry iiu (Atlantic Sentinel - Macaroon of Calmore) deceased

Glenormiston Clanaboy O'Neill iiu (Corrib - Washland's Rebecca) deceased

Glenormiston Willie Diamond (Domo Cavallo Praize - Four of Diamonds) gelded

Glenormiston Finnian (Abbeyleix Finbar - Kirtling Haze) in Tas deceased

Glenormiston Freedom ( Abbeyleix Finbar - Oxenholm Dulcinea) in Vic

Freedom

Glenormiston Jasper (Abbeyleix Finbar - Oxenholm Dulcinea) in NZ deceased

Glenormiston Fintan ( Abbeyleix Finbar - Oxenholm Dulcinea) in Qld

Fintan

Glenormiston Oliver (Oxenholm Gideon - Millfield Seaspray) in Qld

Glenormiston Rossmore (Oxenholm Gideon - Millfield Seaspray) deceased

Glenormiston Thady (Oxenholm Gideon - Oxenholm Tiffany) in Qld

Glenormiston St Nicholas (Oxenholm Gideon - Wattle Hills Liberty) in WA

Glenormiston Flurry Knox (Abbeyleix Finbar - Oxenholm Tiffany) in the USA

Flurry Knox

Glenormiston Cuchulainn (Domo Cavallo Praize - Glenormiston Fionnuala) in the USA

Glenormiston Billies Bay (Castle Baron - Glenormiston Ballycara) in the USA

Glenormiston Fibber McGee (Castle Baron - Glenormiston Lizzie Diamond) in WA

Glenormiston Tipper O'Toole (Castle Baron - Oxenholm Tiffany) at Glenormiston (see him on this page)

Glenormiston Rowan (Castle Baron - Glenormiston Rosmara) in New Zealand

we have kept several colts as stallion prospects from our last 2 crops of foals 

 Most of our colt foals are gelded however as we have a policy where we prefer to breed top geldings rather than average colts.

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  Non Connemaras at Glenormiston

click here to see some of our other non Connemara people

Augustus (Gusso) - our sulphur crested cockatoo (click on his photo to enter nonconnemaras)

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