In 1935 at the International Horse Show, Olympia London, the 22-year-old, 15 hand Connemara gelding, THE NUGGET, cleared a 7’2” jump; subsequently winning over 300 prizes internationally and earning over 4,500 pounds sterling in prize money-this is the equivalent of over £2,500,000 ( $4.6m ) in today’s money!!

At Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, in 1939, the 13.2 hand Connemara, LITTLE SQUIRE, won the Open Championship by clearing fences of seven feet. The American press dubbed him “the littlest horse with the biggest heart.”

The 15 hand Connemara gelding DUNDRUM became Supreme Champion at the Wembley Horse of the Year Show when he set a record by clearing a 7’2” puissance wall. In 1961 he was regarded as show jumper of the century when he won five major events at the Dublin Horse Show. This was the first time in history that so many awards were won by the same rider and with the same horse! He was International Jumping Champion from 1959 – 1963.

MARCUS AURELIUS was a Connemara/Thoroughbred ridden by Mary Ann e Tauskey. The pair competed in the 1975 Pan American Games and were members of the Gold Medal winning United States Eventing Team in both 1975 and 1976.

STROLLER was the only pony ever to compete at the Olympic Games.  At 14.1 hands this part bred Connemara was one of only two horses to jump a clear round in the entire 1968 Olympics, including clearing a Puissance Fence of 6’10. STROLLER competed in the Olympic Games as a member of the British Team ridden by Marium Coakes. They won the silver medal behind the gold medal winners Snowbound and Bill Steinkraus.

Lendon Gray earned worldwide recognition while riding the Connemara/Thoroughbreds SELDOM SEEN and LAST SEEN in upper level international dressage competitions.

In the USA Custala’s CASHEL ROCK won both the An Tostal and Camlin Trophies and earned gold medallions from the ACPS in Hunter, Jumper, Dressage and Combined Training. He was Champion Connemara In-Hand at Woodstock in '77, '78, and 1979.  In open competition he won Award Championships from the Washington State Horseman's Council in Dressage, Adult Amateur Hunter and Jumper and Small and Working Hunter. In 1988, his last year of competition, he took the Championship in USCTA Area VII in Adult Training Level and USDF All-Breed First and First Level Dressage.
 
At the time of his retiring ERIN GO BRAGH was “the winningest stallion in the history of USCTA”.  Partnered since 1988 with rider Carol Koslowski of Geneseo, NY, he had a remarkable career eventing becoming the United States Combined Training Association’s Advanced Horse Trials champion (Zone II) for 1995 as well as the USCTA's Connemara of the Year.
 
More recently stallions such as the French ponies DEXTERLEAM PONDI and ROCOCO DU THUIT, both multiple award winner of the European Championships, the UK stallion BUNOWEN CASTLE RI, two time winner of the supreme ridden Champion at Olympia UK, the Irish stallion SILLOGUE DARKIE, winner of the silver and bronze medals at the European Championships and American stallion ARD CELTIC ART, intermediate eventer in the USA, continue to showcase this outstanding breed on the international stage.