I aim to breed the best quality dun ponies & smaller horses
I have four pure bred Connemara mares & one 7/8 Thoroughbred mare, generally all in foal using a Connemara or TB stallion
My sane & sensible youngsters will make ideal rides for teenagers & small adults - why not come and see?
Although the colour used is 'dun' for connemara ponies in Ireland, they are actually, genetically speaking, buckskin - a dilute of the agouti gene with the creme gene.
Penny Makinson runs theTawnyDun Stud as a rare Connemara Pony Stud - it is possibly the only stud in England and Ireland not breeding with grey Connemara ponies, but using bay & dun ponies so that the foals will not carry the dominant grey gene. Penny says ‘my foals will carry the agouti (bay) gene & sometimes the creme gene to produce dun Connemara ponies who will not grey out as they mature - which is indeed very rare!.’
