Connemaras, Bitsy and Dawn's Alannah Madison move to Big Sky Farm

Top photo: Old Carolina's Bitsy at her new home, Big Sky Farm. Bitsy is a Connemara pony by *Gun Smoke and out of Oakfields Garnet Finch. Above: Scott with Bitsy on the morning we loaded her and Alannah in the trailer at Dawn of Promise Farm to go to northwest Illinois. Below: Dawn's Alannah Madison, 3-yr-old Connemara mare bred by Dawn of Promise Farm (Kerrymor Madison X Serendipity's Savannah) in her new home at Big Sky. We'll keep you posted as Alannah begins her training for an eventing and foxhunting career and as Bitsy has her foal by Madison next summer. She is due in June 2010.

We recently delivered two of our Connemara ponies to their new owner, Nancy Winter, at Big Sky Farm. Nancy has bred very competitive half-bred Connemaras out of her Connemara mares for years. She is switching her program to purebred Connemaras and has added a few younger mares to her group.

We're so pleased that our two gals, Old Carolina's Bitsy, whom we bred to Kerrymor Madison for Nancy, and one of Madison's daughters, Dawn's Alannah Madison (out of Serendipity's Savannah), are now calling Big Sky Farm in beautiful northwestern Illinois their new home. On our return trip from vacation we stopped to see the girls and pick up our horse trailer. They looked happy as could be in their lovely new home. I'm including a couple pictures for your enjoyment. Thank you Nancy!

Vickie Maris
Dawn of Promise Farm
Battle Ground, Indiana

Connemara, Conor, finds a love for eventing

Conor, our fun-loving Connemara gelding (Loughin's Aragorn is his registered name) was recently featured in the weekly news at the website for the American Connemara Pony Society. He and our friend Becca Perry-Hill, who has been riding him for several months, competed quite successfully in their first horse trials on June 21, 2009 at beginner novice.

Enjoy reading more at this link: http://www.acps.org/news/member.htm

Photos by Vickie J. Maris (more photos of Conor and Becca can be found at the Dawn of Promise Farm website: www.dawnofpromisefarm.com

If you'd like to see the three other Connemaras who competed at the horse trials, check out my photo website: www.imageevent.com/vjmarisphotos/horsetrials

DPF has purebred Connemaras for sale

We have several of our lovely purebred Connemaras for sale as we're working to scale back our herd. Please visit our website for detailed descriptions and photos of the ponies who are for sale. You can also see videos of the ponies and the farm at our youtube channel. In the photo above, you see our two-year-old Connemara filly, Dawn's Molly, visiting with one of our llamas, SVL Llovely Llana. If you're looking for a Connemara who is llama-proof, you've come to the right place! :-) The photo below is 1999 DSH, Denver. He's not for sale. He's named after one of our favorite Connemara stallions, Aladdin's Denver. VJ Maris Photo

Contact: Vickie Maris, vickiemaris@gmail.com

Dawn of Promise

Farm

Conor posing for a nostril shot on a cold, cold day!

Here is our sweet Loughin's Aragorn "Conor" in one of his favorite poses - smell the camera.

Our lovely, three-year-0ld Connemara pony, Dawn's Alannah Madison, enjoys a good roll in the south pasture at Dawn of Promise Farm. VJ Maris Photo

Scooter, is a 27-year-old Welsh pony who has made his home with us on Dawn of Promise for the past 25 years. Here he is enjoying hay out in the pasture with a few llama buddies (Betty, Llana, Cierra and Cresta). VJ Maris Photo It seems like winter has been very, very long this year. We're ready for spring temperatures! Enjoy the pictures.

Vickie

Dawn of Promise Farm

Ponies and llamas featured in video recap of 2008

A new video of the ponies and llamas is available on youtube. I also have it posted at the bottom of the blog. Enjoy! Vickie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-n-RQsVEDw

Ice on the farm for Christmas

The cold weather and rain created a sheet of ice on Dawn of Promise Farm for Christmas. It was very tricky for the ponies and the llamas to get around the farm so we created trails with straw. It wasn't a perfect solution but it certainly helped.