About Us

We became involved with Connemaras because of a Caravan Holiday in Ireland in 1971 when we stayed on a Farm owned by Peter Lydon on the edge of Lough Corrib. One morning we woke up to the noise of 10 or 15 Connemaras in the field opposite. Peter was very eager to take us to the owner, Jim Lee, the owner of a bar in Moycullen. He and his wife made us very welcome and took us in his car to see some yearlings in a field miles away from anywhere. After taking part of a wall down to let my belated wife, Margaret, into the field, he picked out two yearling fillies for us to see.

Jim Lee’s price was £200 delivered to Dublin and he gave us four weeks to think about it. We were shocked when we found out the cost of transport. Jim he said he would give us luck money towards half the cost of the transport and so we purchased our first Connemara, Nettina (Marble x Fort Nancy), who died on the 22nd August 2001, ending an era of thirty years.

When she was 4 we put Tina in foal and at the same time registered our Prefix LANBURN. The Foal born was a colt Lanburn Leemoy named after the LEE family at MOYcullen. Leemoy was a very rich Bay who went on to win over twenty championships including:- Champion Mountain and Moorland Stallion at the NPS in 1981, Best opposite sex at the English Connemara Pony Show in 1978, 1979 and 1981. Lanburn Leemoy passed away in March 2006 aged 31 years. He leaves Lanburn Lieutenant to continue his line.

Tina participated in three of John Lassetter's Dressage pantomime's. John, I think, had a special fondness for her cheeky character. Margaret died in 1998 (seen above in 1989 with myself, the late Graham Tullock and Loobeen Larry). The stud is now managed by myself and my daughter Pam Clingan.

As a Connemara Judge I was honoured to be invited twice to judge at the Connemara Pony Breeders Society Millennium Show in Clifden.

The site has an Archive of Clifden Show, an Archive of CPBS Stallions and Clifden Results. I hope you enjoy your visit to our site.

Bob Blackburn