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Connemara Pony Festival

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The annual Connemara Pony Festival will take place in Clifden, Co. Galway from Tuesday 16th to Sunday 21st August. Celebrating Ireland’s native pony the festival attracts visitors from all over the World to the capital of Connemara. The festival opens on Tuesday when a bus tour will depart the Showgrounds, Clifden at 10am and head towards Bunowen, Ballyconneely to visit a number of Connemara pony studs and enjoy the breathtaking scenery. On Tuesday evening an International reception will be hosted in the Abbeyglen Castle Hotel at 8.30pm giving visitors an opportunity...

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Aug 10 2016

CPBS Council Nominations

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The following nominations have been received from candidates seeking election to the Council of the Connemara Pony Breeders’ Society in accordance with Article 15 of the CPBS Constitution by the closing date of 9/8/16: Connacht Michael Flanagan, Hazelwood, Co. Sligo Damien Gill, Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon Martin Golding, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway Michael Laffey, Cleggan, Co. Galway Keith Murray, Four-Mile-House, Co. Roscommon Peter J. O’Malley, Carraroe, Co. Galway Dermot Power, Salthill, Galway Eric Walsh, Clifden, Co. Galway Leinster Patrick Geoghegan, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow Michael Igoe, Blessington, Co. Wicklow Phyllis Jones, Straffan, Co. Kildare Jacqueline Lewis, Louth Village, Co. Louth Munster Andrew O’Donoghue, Kilfenora, Co. Clare Ulster Joseph Ramsay, Lismonaghan, Letterkenny,...

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Jul 26 2016

Ponies qualified for the Clifden High Performance (to date)

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Please find list of ponies qualified for the final of the Clifden High Performance on Friday 19th August.  There are two more qualifiers left Midlands Connemara Pony Breeders Show, Mullingar, Co Westmeath - 31st July Moycullen Show, Moycullen, Co Galway - 14th August Please enter through the qualifying shows High Performance 2016 - Ponies qualified to date...

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Jul 18 2016

AIRC National Showjumping Championship victory for Pat O’Neill

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Local Connemara Pony breeder and now top rider Pat O’Neill of Illaunurra Ponies, Ballyconneely has had immense success this year with his home-bred and produced 11 yr old gelding, Illaunurra Shadow (by Silver Shadow, out of Illaunurra Mist). This super combination won the Connolly’s Red Mills Intermediate AIRC National Showjumping Championship at Mullingar Equestrian Centre on the 10th of July last.  They beat a field of 82 riders (mainly riding horses).  Everyone who went clear in the first round had to then jump against the clock and the twenty fastest times...

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