Windy Isles Farms

• ANNOUNCES their first annual Hunter/Jumper Horse Show on Saturday, July 26, 2008!! CLICK HERE for PDF version of the premium!

• 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 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 to this day still breeds ponies and at the moment stands *Catamaran S828 (Murphy Rebel x Miss Charger by Clare Charger). For ten years we owned and stood the renowned stallion *Windy Day (Killyreagh Kim x Windy Joy by Clonjoy) he has several ponies here in America that are by him or trace back to him, such as his stallion son *Kilfenora Windy Isles (Windy Day x Boden Park Firethorn) who stands in Virginia at Top of the Ridge Farm and is owned by the Eyles family.