Heather Black IRE 798

Heather Black was born in 1940 and was one of the many daughters of Lavalley Star. Her mother is, however, not named in the Irish stud book. Heather Black became the mother of four daughters and was one of the mares Pat Lyne chose to present in more detail in her book Shrouded in Mist. Strangely enough, apart from this, it has been a bit tricky to find information about the members of her family, in spite of it being rather sizeable.

Heather Black's second daughter was born in 1947. She was by Creganna Winter and was given the name Winter Heather and she was the one of the daughters to leave the largest impact. Winter Heather's oldest daughter was named Gowlane Heather and she was by Dun Orphan. She was exported to the USA and gave rise to a whole clan of ponies with the Tre Awain prefix, but I have failed to find anything about them.

Daughter number two to Winter Heather was Smokey Heather. She was by Doon Paddy and thus had a double dose of thoroughbred, through both her sire and her dam. Smokey Heather's oldest daughter Native Heather was imported to Sweden in 1966 and became a brood mare at the Krikas stud. Her daughter Krikas Daffodil was shown in hand a couple of times, the last time at the 1988 breed show when she was third in the veterans class. As a brood mare her offspring proved excellent performance ponies. Genbäckens Brilliant was successful in show jumping, dresage and also eventing during the second half of the 80-ies, Inisheer Heather competed successfully in both dressage and show jumping, Reid have primarily competed in show jumping while the partbred Morning Joy mainly competed in dressage. The most successful was, however, Fire EF who had a long carreer as a show jumper and still competed successfully in 2002, at the age of 22. He was among the top ten show jumping Connemaras in Sweden in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 1999 when he was second. The same year he won a team silver at the Swedish championships and in 1991 he won a team gold. Fire EF did, however, start his carreer as an eventing pony. In 1988 and 1989 he was among the top ten eventing Connemaras in Sweden and in 1988 he was sixth of all breeds and took an individual silver at the Swedish Championships.

Inisheer Heather was born to Krikas Daffodil in 1984. In addition to competing in show jumping and dressage she also became the mother of three foals. The oldest daughter Virgilian Heather was shown at the breed show as a two-year-old where she was awarded a silver. Of her offspring Verdurous Heather was third in the yearling filly class at the breed show and Miss Julia Heather has been a successful dressage pony and the mother of a number of ponies with the Backens prefix. Inisheer Heather is also the dam of two half sisters to Virgilian Heather: Irish Cream II who also has been a successful dressage pony and Shamrock II (on the right) who won the 2006 Swedish Connemara Championship in show jumping.

Native Heather had a full sister named Smokey Rascal. She was eventually exported to the UK, but she had a granddaughter in Ireland, Truly Merry Tune, who was exported to France. A son to Smokey Rascal, Sailor Boy, was exported to Sweden in 1972 but I have know knowledge of what happend to him here. Somkey Heather's youngest daughter, Carrickhill Heather, was also exported to the UK, but does not seem to have been used anything for breeding.

Winter Heather's daughter Winter Ivy was born in 1962 and she too was exported to the UK where she had a couple of foals at the Oakleigh stud. The best known is perhaps the son Hamlet of Oakleigh who in turn was exported to Denmark. Among his offspring is a string of class 1-daughters and ponies competing successfully in show jumping, dressage and eventing, and Hamlet himself also competed in show jumping. Lykkesholm Anya is an Elite mare, Frederiksminde Mellow was Supreme Champion on Själland in 1991 and Lykkesholm Manatee took a team silver at the Nordic eventing Championships in 1988. Hamlet's younger sister Oakleigh Mermaid was exported to Australia after a foal in the UK, but I know nothing about her and her foals there.

Continuing down Winter Heather's foal list there are other Swedish connections. The son Lambay Joe was imported here in 1968 and the daughter Gaelic Heather was the dam of another Swedish export, Derryrush Heather who came here in 1973. I have found four foals from Derryrush Heather, but nothing further about them.

Heather Black's youngest daughter My Desire was exported to the UK. She was the mother of 14 foals of which 12 was by Corrib. The one I've found out most about is Cruiskeen och Calmore. She was the dam of Crusoe who competed dressage up to medium level. Crusoes full sister Turleigh Tana won her class at the Brittish breed show three times and was reserve Supreme Champion in 1990. She is also the dam of Laxford Coutess and Martinside Mountain Ash who both qualified to the ridden finals at Olympia. One of Cruiskeens full sisters, Cait of Calmore, was one of the early Brittish exports to Denmark where she had several foals with the prefix Little Horse, but neither of them seem to have been used further for breeding. Calmore Coole and Calmore Concannon were both exported to France, but I have no further information about them either. In addition to the mentioned ponies there's a rather large number of members of the family, mainly in Ireland, whose life I haven't been able to find anything about. Maybe they have been apprecieated family ponies, delighting their owner without making the Connemara headlines?

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Heather Black IRE 798 (Ire)
Brown Gil IRE 1042 (Ire)
Winter Heather IRE 1320 (Ire)
Gowlane Heather IRE 1823, USAM 269 (Ire, USA)
Tre Awain Tinker's Token USAM 283 (USA)
Tre Awain Valentine USAM 338 (USA)
Tre Awain Tinker's Kate USAM 390 (USA)
Bit O'Heaven's Tinker Toy G 353 (USA)
Tre Awain Kate's Song USAM 1052 (USA)
Tre Awain Belleek USAM 1121 (USA)
Tre Awain Kirin USAM 1379 (USA)
Tre Awain Brigid of Erin USAM 1395 (USA)
Tre Awain Brian Boru G 40 (USA)
Tre Awain Tinkertoy USAM 660 (USA)
Tre Awain Ballytore Cottage USAM 757 (USA)
Tre Awain Journey Home G 323 (USA)
Tre Awain Spirit G 393 (USA)
Tre Awain Dun Righ USAS 438 (USA)
Tre Awain Siobhan USAM 1167 (USA)
Tre Awain Eilise USAM 1478 (USA)
Tre Awain Aer Lingus G 285 (USA)
Tre Awain Rhougha Dubh G 279 (USA)
Tre Awain Winterset USAS 391 (USA)
Tre Awain Abigail Adams USAM 1047 (USA)
Care-a-Lot's Shades of Shamrock USAM 1385 (USA)
Care-a-Lot's Misty Morn USAM 1387 (USA)
Tre Awain Patrick Henry G 437 (USA)
Tre Awain Kathleen USAM 1060 (USA)
Torin O'Conor G 646 (USA)
Tre Awain Glenoughan Sarah USAM 1120 (USA)
Tre Awain Rosalind USAM 1166 (USA)
Tre Awain Tokheen USAM 1116 (USA)
Tre Awain Falstor USAM 1165 (USA)
Tre Awain Springstar USAM 1476 (USA)
Tre Awain Medelago (USA)
Tre Awain Tinkerman USAS 140 (USA)
Tre Awain Tinker's Trade G 38 (USA)
Tre Awain Moonspinner USAM 542 (USA)
Tre Awain Heather Feather USAM 574 (USA)
Shamrock's Carrick O'Shannon G 207 (USA)
Fall Starshine USAM 796 (USA)
Smokey Heather IRE 2381 (Ire)
Native Heather IRE 2810, RC 45 (Ire, Swe)
Krikas Robin Hood (Swe)
Krikas Daffodil RC 146 (Swe)
Heigall RC 291 (Swe)
Silvia RC 408 (Swe)
Winda / Windy Grey (Swe)
Minerva (Swe)
Silver Boy II (Swe)
Reid (Swe)
Genbäckens Brilliant (Swe)
Genbäckens Sultan (Swe)
Fonzie (Swe)
Fire EF (Swe)
Farouche (Swe)
Inisheer Heather RC 570 (Swe)
Virgilian Heather RC 708 (Swe)
Verdurous Heather (Swe)
Miss Julia Heather (Swe)
Backens Trocadero (Swe)
Backens Curry (Swe)
Backens Cayenne (Swe)
Backens Diezel (Swe)
Backens Oktan (Swe)
Backens Chutney (Swe)
Backens Salsa (Swe)
Irish Cream II RC 1087 (Swe)
Cactus Cream (Swe)
Shamrock II RC 1140 (Swe)
Haze (Swe)
Miss Elliot (Swe)
Elliot (Swe)
Morning Joy (Swe)
Krikas Gloin (Swe)
Krikas Marigold (Swe)
Sirocco IV (Swe)
Krikas Honey Bee RC 331 (Swe)
Chiffner (Swe)
Saturnus (Swe)
Katja (Swe)
Tanja III (Swe)
Nice Griffin (Swe)
Smokey Rascal IRE 3190, NPS 14864 (Ire, UK)
Truly Merry IRE 4534 (Ire)
Truly Merry Tune IRE 5361 (Ire, Fra)
Kraft (Fra)
Tregor d'Isac (Fra)
Myledie de l'Angle (Fra)
Sailor Boy IRE G 426 (Ire, Swe)
Sherry Trifle IRE 5039 (Ire)
Fiveoaken Folly NPS 15585 (UK)
Carrickhill Heather IRE 6520, NPS 17681 (Ire, UK)
Winter Ivy IRE 2325, NPS 13062 (Ire, UK)
Hamlet of Oakleigh NPS 4625, CH 4 (UK, Den)
Oakleigh Mermaid NPS 13232, AUS 1036, IRE 3518 (UK, Aus)
Great Bradley Lorelei NPS 14301 (UK)
Cottenham Loretto NPS G 796 (UK)
Cottenham Lorenzo NPS G 1040 (UK)
Cottenham Mermaid NPS 16940 (UK)
Cottenham Mercury Ge 366 (UK)
Millfields Viking AUS 41, AUS G 081 (UK, Aus)
Cunderdin Rory Richard AUS 55, AUS G 004 (Aus)
Cunderdin Ann Oakleigh AUS 1085 (Aus)
Cunderdin Blue Neptune AUS G 008 (Aus)
Cunderdin Dolphin AUS 1183 (Aus)
Pema Storm Boy AUS G 114 (Aus)
Equus Bay Warrior AUS G 206 (Aus)
Oakleigh Willa NPS 13342, IRE 3736 (UK)
Oakleigh William (UK)
Oakleigh Wendy NPS 15058, IRE 6105 (UK)
Oakleigh Whisper NPS 16018 (UK)
Oakleigh Wilfred (UK)
Shanagh IRE 2697 (Ire)
Reeshal IRE 3985 (Ire)
Lambay Joe IRE G 188 (Ire, Swe)
Gate Crasher IRE 3347 (Ire)
Turlough Ted IRE 475 (Ire, Fra)
Cinderella Belle IRE 6578 (Ire)
Crasher's Rebel IRE 594 (Ire)
Melanie Grey IRE 7039 (Ire)
Moy High Heather IRE 3750 (Ire)
Kilmactigue Venture IRE 4878 (Ire)
Karen's Blondie IRE 6821 (Ire)
Ballyglass Barney IRE G 857 (Ire)
Grainne's Heather IRE 6077 (Ire)
Kilmactigue Darkie IRE 7048 (Ire)
Gaelic Heather IRE 4335 (Ire)
Derryrush Heather IRE 5282, RC 198 (Ire, Swe)
Mac Cloud (Swe)
Miss Cloudette (Swe)
Mac Coy (Swe)
Mac Cahan (Swe)
Crow Island Heather IRE 6921 (Ire)
Ballymorgan White Heather IRE 9833 (Ire)
Rodrigo IRE G 1737 (Ire)
Ferns IRE 10378 (Ire)
Ballymorgan Purple Heather IRE 10895 (Ire)
Winter Flower IRE 4346 (Ire)
Derryrush Winter Heather IRE 5132 (Ire)
Lambay Billy IRE G 762 (Ire)
Lambay Grey Finn IRE G 840 (Ire)
Connemara's Persuasion USAS 411 (USA)
Silver Star IRE 7364 (Ire)
Tubber Patrick IRE 857 (Ire)
Heather Bloomfield IRE 866 (Ire, Fra)
Winter Fireside Fable IRE 5803 (Ire)
Olympie Mauremont (Fra)
Billebaude (Fra)
Fair Lady (II) (Fra)
Turlute (Fra)
Gillyflower IRE 1590 (Ire)
My Desire IRE 1652, NPS 11713 (Ire, UK)
Duncorrib NPS 12005 (UK)
Turleigh Tambourine NPS 13300 (UK)
Mitchins Tamarisk NPS 14248 (UK)
Mitchins Talisman NPS G 915 (UK)
Cheog NPS 4197 (UK)
Cruiskeen of Calmore NPS 12596 (UK)
Turleigh Cymbal NPS 13299 (UK)
Tyndrum NPS 5331, NPS G 316 (UK)
Cashel NPS 14680 (UK)
Liam (UK)
Shipton Finndabarr NPS 15957 (UK)
Shamus O'Malley Ge 102 (UK)
Chandlings Symphony NPS 16461 (UK)
Chandlings May Day NPS 16880 (UK)
Chandlings Tambourine NPS 17352 (UK)
Crusoe NPS 4928, NPS G 237 (UK)
Turleigh Tana NPS 14174 (UK)
Rosenaharley Manyara NPS G 775 (UK)
Faddiley Fina NPS G 1098 (UK)
Faddiley Fuchsia NPS 17260 (UK)
Scottsway Flamboyant Ge 359 (UK)
Scottsway Frosted Flame Ge 421 (UK)
Scottsway Fiddlesticks GBRM 609 (UK)
Scottsway Fandango Ge 610 (UK)
Laxford Countess GBRM 346 (UK)
Laxford Tawny Owl Ge 365 (UK)
Martinside Tamarisk GBRM 754 (UK)
Martinside Sugar Maple GBRM 1457 (UK)
Martinside Oak (UK)
Martinside Mountain Ash Ge 565 (UK)
Martinside Redwood Ge 692 (UK)
Turleigh Tamara NPS 14713 (UK)
Turleigh Tarquin NPS G 587 (UK)
Colum of Calmore NPS 4501, NPS G 72 (UK)
Cait of Calmore NPS 13057, C 19 (UK, Den)
Little Horse Golden Jason 69/16 (Den)
Little Horse Golden Cameo 70/31 (Den)
Little Horse Hero (Den)
Little Horse Joker (Den)
Little Horse Golden Diamonds (Den)
Little Horse Golden Brandy (Den)
Little Horse Thor (Den)
Teazle of Calmore NPS 13233 (UK)
Rinsey Gay Amber NPS 14310 (UK)
Rinsey Gonys MacGregor NPS G 1222 (UK)
Rinsey Jenny Wren GBRM 203 (UK)
Kerala Araminta GBRM 1057 (UK)
Calmore Coole NPS 13419 (UK, Fra)
Birchlands Cormac (UK, Fra)
Kama (Fra)
Calmore Duncannon NPS 5145, NPS G 657 (UK)
Calmore Concannon NPS 5327 (UK, Fra)
Calmore Colcannon NPS G 513 (UK)
Wytch-Hazel Blythe Spirit NPS 15123 (UK)
Titmouse IV NPS 15939 (UK)
Arrow Thistledown GBRM 77 (UK)
Skylark II NPS G 1215 (UK)

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