We've got one pure bred 3yo palamino connemara filly and one part bred 5yo dun connemara gelding - although he looks very connemara and could be pure but we've no papers.
The 3yo is quite slight of build and a real pony although very attractive. Her coats looks very washed out at the moment but some coppery hints are coming through. We bought her as a yearling off her breeders after she'd done really well showing in hand as a foal (champion at the breed show) and yearling. She has a lovely, soppy temprement and hopefully will be an ideal 3rd pony for DD. We gave her a year off last year but will start showing her in-hand in May and she'll got to 3 shows up to county level.
The part bred is having lessons and will start doing low level combined training and will go hunting, do long distance rides etc. We are enjoying just riding him but with a view to selling him once the 3yo is broken and ridden away.
They are very easy to keep and can live out although we rug ours and brought them in during December and January. This was because we wanted to ride the dun and wanted to get a good coat for showing the palamino.
They can live just on grass but we feed hay in the field as well. When they came in they just got carrots and chaff. The dun also got sugar beet to give him some energy as he was ridden twice a week over the Winter.
We recommend them from what we know. The Dun is much more of a horse than the filly who is ponylike. They are hardy, can carry weight and are good for leading little ones off - which is an important job in our house.