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Educational Seminars

The Connemara Pony Breeders Society will host a number of Educational Seminars around the country over the coming weeks. All seminars commence at 8pm. Topics will include colic, in-breeding, genetics, and showing. All members and breeders are welcome to attend. Admission is free.

Tuesday 16/2/10 Firgrove House Hotel, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

Wednesday 17/2/10 Westwood House Hotel, Newcastle, Galway

Wednesday 24/2/10 Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow

Wednesday 3/3/10 Bank House Hotel, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone

Friday 5/3/10 Carna Bay Hotel, Carna, Co. Galway

Connemara Pony Spring Festival

The annual stallion parade will take place in the Showgrounds, Clifden on Sunday 28^th March 2010. A huge variety of activities have been arranged to coincide with the stallion parade. On Wednesday 24^th March colt inspections will take place in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, followed on Thursday by colt inspections in Claregalway, Co. Galway and in Clifden on Friday 26^th. On Thursday evening Nina Gustafson will share with us her collection of photos of Connemara ponies in the Abbeyglen hotel. Nina and her husband have been travelling to Ireland from Sweden and photographing Connemara ponies since 1979. On Friday night the ever popular table quiz will take place in the Station House Hotel. A registered Connemara pony sale will be held in Clifden Mart on Saturday 27^th March. Pat Lyne, well known author on Connemara ponies will give a lecture entitled ‘The Arabian influence in the Connemara pony’ on Saturday evening in the Station House Theatre, followed by an auction of a specially commissioned painting. The annual stallion parade will run all day on Sunday. On Monday 29^th filly inspections will be held in Claregalway.

Connemara Pony Show Supreme Champion 2009

Joe Burke from Carrowbrowne with Currachmore Cashel, Supreme Champion at the Connemara Pony Show 2009. Photo: Andrew Downes

Best Registered Connemara Pony at the Show

Pony: Currachmore Cashel Sire: Rosenaharley Dam: Tolka Bridge
Breeder: Eamonn Burke, Carrowbrowne, Castlegar, Co. Galway
Owner: Eamonn Burke, Carrowbrowne, Castlegar, Co. Galway

Reserve Champion

Pony: April Rose Sire: Streamstown Larry Dam: Errisbeg Dolly
Breeder: Michael Conneely, Letterdyfe, Roundstone, Co. Galway
Owner: Gearóid Curran, Clooniffe, Moycullen, Co. Galway

Excellent Results for Connemara Ponies at European Championships

Ballyowen Maybell Molly

Ballyowen Maybell Molly,(pictured above), a seven year old Connemara pony & 16 year old rider Kellie Allen from Kells, Co. Meath took Gold in Individual Showjumping at the recent European Championships in Moorsele in Belgium. Owned by Anthony McCormack, Ballyowen Maybell Molly pipped another Irish bred pony, ‘Murphy’s Flight’ in a jump-off for the coveted prestigious award.

Another Connemara, Silogue Darkie, ridden by Michael Duffy with Kellie Allen on Ballyowen Maybell Mollie, Emma O’Dwyer on Edna & Emily Turkington on Sambo Lino won European Silver in the Pony Nation’s Cup at the same event. A European Gold & Silver is an extraordinary achievement for Connemara Ponies and affirms the versatility & capability of the pony on an international stage.

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INSPECTIONS

The Connemara Pony Breeders'' Society Inspections for Classification in the Studbook will take place around Ireland at selected centres.

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Ponies for Sale

View our sales section on this site. To advertise on this site email your ad to enquiries@cpbs.ie .

On-Line Database

Our on-line database has just been updated. Visit www.connemara-pony.com to view pedigrees and other details on all Connemara Ponies.

Connemara Pony Show DVD

The DVD of the 2009 Connemara Pony Show and the DVD of the Performance Day are now available. They are priced at €30 each. To order a copy please send €30 and €5 p+p to the CPBS Office, The Showgrounds, Clifden, Co. Galway.

2009 Connemara Pony Stallion Parade

The Annual Connemara Pony Stallion Parade will be held in Clifden on Sunday 28th March. More details will be posted soon.

Balmoral 2010

Following the success of the in-hand connemara mare class at Balmoral (RUAS) which in 2010 will run for its fifth year, a ridden connemara class has now been added to the Balmoral programme. Entries close early March so anyone interested in competing at Northern Ireland''s most prestigious show, should keep an eye on the website www.balmoralshow.co.uk for schedules and entry forms (usually online beginning of February). Thanks to generous sponsorship by the NI Connemara Pony Association covering both classes, Balmoral have agreed to add a ridden connemara class to follow the successful in hand connemara mare class. Both these classes will run on Thursday 13th May 2010. Please note that, as from 2009, the in-hand class is open to all registered connemara mares with or without a foal.

More Success for Sillogue Darkie

On August 30th Sillogue Darkie with rider Galway man Michael Duffy, rounded off an excellent season as they were presented with the award for the Overall Leading Premier League Pony for 2009. This is the second year in succession that this pedigree Connemara gelding has achieved this result, last year with Gort girl Jessica Burke aboard. This is further success for ''''''''''''''''Darkie'''''''''''''''' as he is affectionately known having played a key role in the Irish team bringing home the Silver medals from the European Championships in Moorsele, Belgium earlier this year.

Annual Connemara Pony Show 2009 - Results

The Annual Connemara Pony Show took place on Thursday 20th August and Friday 21st August 2009.

Show results are being as added as they are announced.

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On-Line Database

The CPBS on-line database is available on www.connemara-pony.com . To view a list of stallions classified as Class 1 at our Spring Inspections please click here. All pedigrees and owners can be viewed on our on-line database.

Connemara Ponies Well Represented at European Championships

A total of 19 Connemara Ponies, representing countries from all over Europe, will compete at the European Pony Championships taking place in Moorsele, Belgium from 29th July to the 3rd of August. Ireland will have three Connemara Ponies taking part in the actions. Sillogue Darkie and Ballyowen Maybell Molly will form part of the Irish Show jumping team while Boston Burgler will compete on the eventing team. The very best of luck is wished to the three ponies and their owners.

Boston Burgler (G0002771) started his career in show jumping in 2003 with Ciara Daffy, and bought by Bernadette Moloney in October 2007. He had 189 sjai points before starting his successful eventing career, and was highly placed in Ballindenisk, Camphire, and Tattersalls this year before being selected on the Irish pony eventing team heading for Moorsele.

Sillogue Darkie, owned by Eamon Briscoe, has represented Ireland individually and on teams in Belgium, Italy, France, England, Holland and Germany. Last year he won the Premier pony league with Jessica Burke, and is the leading the league this year with Michael Duffy. He has qualified for the 148A class at the RDS yet again, and been selected for the team jumping at the European Pony Championships, in Moorsele Belgium.

Ballyowen Maybell Molly, owned by Anthony McCormack, upgraded to A this year, and won the 6/7yr old Championship at Fontainebleu. She qualified for the 148A class at the RDS, and the Starfinder at Banteer. She has also been selected for a place on the Irish team to jump at the European Pony Championships in Moorsele.