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Ballynagilly Damien

Colour:

Buckskin

Photo by kind permission of Lenzon Images 

Breeding:

 

Connemara (CPBS)

Sire: Forest View Sparrow

Dam: Lady Macdara

Damsire: Derrigragh Robin

Height: 143 cms
Born: 2009
Graded: SPSS; Licensed BCPS
Stud Fee: Please contact owner
Semen: Please contact owner
WFFS result: Has not been supplied to SPSS
HWSD result: (N/HWSD) (ie a carrier - see BCPS website for more info)
Breeder: Paul Mac Aleer
Owner: Meilssa Dunham
Location: near Flitwick, Bedfordshire

Photo by kind permission of Kevin Sparrow

Ballynagilly Damien, who is known as "Jack" was awarded the honour of being declared the 2024 SPSS Stallion Grading Champion having gained the highest scores across all the stallions graded that year.

 

He has achieved great success in British Dressage up to medium level, eventing and showjumping making him an extremely versatile sports pony stallion. He has fantastic rideabilty and has been ridden by a variety of riders aged 10-60. He shows an impeccable temperament and attitude and has perfect manners when competing or training in big or small groups. His grandsire is Ashfield Bobby Sparrow who is regarded as the most important Irish bred performance Connemara stallion after winning Gold at the European Showjumping Championships.

For more information please see below, Insta: conquest_horsesandponies or contact Meilssa Dunham on 07798 685275 or Rosie Coulson  on 07506 738863;  or

  

Origins

Pedigree:

Forest View Sparrow

(CPBS)

Ashfield Bobby Sparrow

(CPBS)

Carna Bobby

(CPBS)

Gil  (CPBS)

Carna Dolly  (CPBS)

 

Wise Sparrow

(CPBS)

Dun Lorenzo  (CPBS)

Lor Sparrow  (CPBS)

 

April Lady

(CPBS)

Tulira Barney

(CPBS)

Tulira Mairtin  (CPBS)

Miss Ironside  (CPBS)

 

Fairy Lady

(CPBS)

Thunderbolt  (BCPS)

Brown Lass  (CPBS)

 

Lady Macdara

(CPBS)

Derrigragh Robin

(CPBS)

Robin Hood

(CPBS)

Skryne Bright Cloud  (CPBS)

Village Grey  (CPBS)

 

Moonlit Night Sky

(CPBS)

Moon Round Rock  (CPBS)

Moycullen Rose  (CPBS)

 

Ballintemple Suzy

(CPBS)

Ballintemple Dun Rambler

(CPBS)

Carna Dun  (CPBS)

Moonlight Rambler  (CPBS)

 

Ballintemple Goldie

(CPBS)

Mac Dara  (CPBS)

Nahar  (CPBS)

Sire: 

Forest View Sparrow is the son of the legendary Ashfield Bobby Sparrow, the first ever Connemara stallion to win a Gold medal at the European Showjumping Championships. He was selected for the Irish Pony Team in both Germany and Belgium and won Gold in the Belgian Grand Prix at la Hulpe at the 1980 European Championships and Winner of the Millstreet Derby. Ashfield Bobby Sparrow has sired numerous International winning progeny. 

 

Dam: 

Lady Macdara's dam line goes back to the famous stallions Carna Dun & Mac Dara. Carna Dun is among the most influential stallions in the Connemara Pony Breeders Studbook. His influence on the breed can be measured by how difficult it is to find a high-performance Connemara without him in their breeding. They constantly breed on and possess an excellent temperament and produce excellent jumpers from generation to generation.

 

Damsire: 

Derrigragh Robin is by Robin Hood out of a mare by Moon Round Rock.

Photo by kind permission of Lenzon Images 

  

Performance

Photo by kind permission of KB Photography

Jack is an exceptionally versatile stallion and excels in dressage, eventing and showjumping. He currently competes at medium level British Dressage placing 5th in the BD Area Festival in August 2024 and scored 67.94% for M73 in June 2024. He has qualified for the BD Area Festival Championships three times and placed 6th in elementary bronze in 2023. He was selected to compete for the South & East region for the BD Senior Inter Regionals in 2023. Jack qualified for the BRC national dressage championships placing 3rd in elementary and 6th at medium in September 2024. He has competed in the BD Combined Training series at 90cm and 80cm qualifying for the championships in both. Jack shows great confidence and aptitude for eventing and has competed up to 80cm with a 22.5 dressage test and double clear. Jack shows great capability in showjumping and eventing and has the ability to go further but the owner and rider are predominately focused on dressage.

 

At his SPSS stallion grading in August 2024 he was awarded 80.33% and was the champion graded stallion of the year. He scored 8.5/10 for both his flatwork and loose jumping. With fabulous comments including ‘lovely attitude and rideabilty, very relaxed in hand’ An established dressage pony already doing very well, a positive addition for sports pony breeding.’ and for his loose jumping ‘very good attitude, confident knows the job and enjoys it’

 

In 2024 Jack was awarded the highest placed stallion and dressage pony for two years running in the BCPS performance awards He gained the BCPS silver stallion award for dressage and is well on his way to achieving the gold award for 2025.

 

Photo by kind permission of SBM Photographic

Photo by kind permission of Jasmine Punter Photography

  

Offspring/Breeding Advice

Jack has a fabulous temperament and is stabled together with mares, geldings and young stock.

 

2025 will be his first year at stud. In addition to breeding top performance Connemaras we feel Jack would be the perfect sire to produce small sports horses when crossed with thoroughbreds or warmbloods due to his athleticism and confirmation.

 

As a carrier of the cream gene, his progeny have a 50/50 chance of inheriting it and being Palomino, Buckskin or Smokey Black depending on the colour of the mare.

 

Jack is a carrier of the Hoof Wall Separation Disease (HWSD) gene. This is only relevant with mares (generally purebred Connemara) that also carry the HWSD gene. See the BCPS website for more info.

 

Photos by kind permission of Lenzon Images

 

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