Seven half-Connemaras and one purebred Connemara competed in the Connemara divisions at the Warrenton Pony Show this year, including several new entries. All seven halfbreds entered the Connemara Halfbred In-Hand class, which Kate Shields and her Hastening Lilly won.

In the performance classes, six entered the Connemara Halfbred Hunter Under Saddle class, five competed in the Halfbred Bridle Path Hack, a hunter hack class with two fences, and four vied for the halfbred performance championship in the final Halfbred Hunter Over Fences class, with a course of eight fences set at 2'6".

The 'final four' were Talari's Junior McVai owned and ridden by Riley Moore of Culpeper, VA, who won the championship; Indian Summer's Shamus, owned and ridden by Liz Dyke of Millwood, VA, who was reserve; Sycamore Ridge Easter Lily, owned by Petrina Thomas and ridden by Rachel Weaver, both of Culpeper, and Sycamore Ridge Irish Lace, owned by Sycamore Ridge Farm and ridden by Justine Weaver.

There was only one purebred entered, Glenmeadow's Golden Wish, owned and handled by Kim Harrison, who naturally won the Purebred In-Hand class. Although a little frisky on the line, the three-year-old went on to demonstrate his wonderful Connemara temperament by appearing as a NACSAR racing machine bedecked in logos in the Costume Class.