Windy Isles Farms

• Windy Isles Farms is a breeding and boarding operation situated in Peotone, IL, about forty minutes south of Chicago on 100 acres. At the farm we specialize in breeding Connemara ponies.

• Our goal is to breed ponies that are true to traditional type with good strong bone, that are athletic and have the kind and gentle Connemara temperament.

• The Prendergast Family has been breeding Connemara ponies in Ireland at their Cree Stud (Co. Clare) since 1961, when Henry Prendergast bought his first Connemara stallion *Cree Silver Cloud (Carna Bobby x Poll).

• According to Pat Lyne's book "Out of the Mist," *Cree Silver Cloud's full sister Passport (by Carna Bobby) went to France in foal to Lambay Rebel at the time. There she bred 9 foals by the stallion Lambay Fireball. His other sister Poll 2nd (by Dun Aengus) was sent to Sweden. Poll's Delight (by Clonjoy) was the dam of Poll's Story who was imported to Holland and then later taken to France, carrying a foal to Atlantic Curragh - the foal later became the popular sire Grichet Adel.

• Henry Prendergast bred ponies for 45 years, and stood the stallion *Catamaran S828 (Murphy Rebel x Miss Charger by Clare Charger) until 2006. For ten years he owned and stood the stallion *Windy Day (Killyreagh Kim x Windy Joy by Clonjoy).