Advertise in the 2015 An Capaillín
Advertising space in the 2015 edition of An Capaillín is now available. A full page ad costs €100 and a half page ad costs €60. Please email ads to [email protected] ...
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News & Updates from Connemara Pony Breeders SocietyConnemara Pony Spring Festival
The Connemara Pony Spring Festival takes place from Friday 27th March to Sunday 29th March. The festival features colt inspections on Friday and Saturday as well as Filly inspections on Saturday. Clare Oakes will deliver the Bartley O'Sullivan lecture on Saturday night. The annual stallion parade will be held on Sunday commencing at 12 noon....
2015 Spring Inspections
Entry forms for the 2015 Spring Inspections are now available to download. If you have any queries regarding inspections please do not hesitate to email [email protected] . application form inspection Inspection Centres Spring 2015 Inspection Rules Studbook Principles...
Thank You
Thank you to all the members who paid their membership before the end of January. Thanks also to those of you who made submissions regarding the Memorandum and Articles review. The committee will give consideration to all views submitted. As we enter into Spring our thoughts turn to Spring inspections, entry forms will be available on-line later this week. Members are asked to please ignore the erroneous information about judges that was published in Thursday's Connacht Tribune....
** Show Week Bus Tours**
This year the CPBS will run two bus tours to facilitate breeders without vehicles, on Monday the 18th of August and Tuesday the 19th of August. The tours will visit local breeders and points of cultural interest on Monday in North Connemara (Letterfrack & The Renvyle Peninsula) and on Tuesday in South Connemara (Carna & Kilkerrin). Enquiries or more information please email: [email protected]
Connemara Pony Elite Sales 2015
We are pleased to announce that almost all details for the upcoming 2015 Elite Sale have been finalised. They are as follows: Selection Days: There are 3 Selection Days planned. The northern selection day: The Meadows Equestrian Center, Embankment Rd., Lurgan Co. Armagh BT666FD Mon. 6th April The southern selection day: Thurles Equestrian Center, Thurles, Co. Tipperary Sat. 11th April The western / eastern selection day: Athlone Equestrian Center Moydrum, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Sun. 12th April All venues are subject to entry numbers, and all have a 10a.m. start. Selection Day Entries: The price of entry to the...
CPBS Council Meeting
The Council of the CPBS held its January meeting last night. It was agreed that a memorial service for deceased breeders will be held on the Wednesday of Show week in Clifden. A memorial book will be opened and family members of the deceased are asked to submit their names. The following sub-committees were formed: Breeding Committee - Ciaran Curran, Patrick Keaney, Keith Murray Education Committee - Kevin Bolger, Dermot Power, Andy O'Donoghue Inspection Committee - Jim Mullaney, Gearóid Curran, Keith Murray International Committee - Padraic Heanue, Dermot Power, Andy O'Donoghue Marketing & Promotion Committee - Niamh...
Bartley O’Sullivan Lecture
The 2015 Bartley O Sullivan Lecture will be presented by Dr. Eithne O Connell at the Station House Theatre in Clifden on Saturday March 28th at 8p.m. The lecture's working title is 'The Scandinavian Connection' and will focus on the founding of the Danish(1964) and the Swedish(1965) societies, both celebrating 50 years. Dr. O Connell's father, Michael, who managed the Lambay herd for Lord Revelstroke played a key role in the development of both herds....
Happy New Year
Michael Clancy, Graham Tulloch and Paddy King were among the prize winners at Clifden in 1964. At a time when duns proliferated the studbook, Ardnasillagh Honey, Macdara and Lambay Rebel were three good ones that were in the ribbons on the day. The outside blood was popular with Clonkeehan Auratum and Camlin Cicada siring all the young stock winners. Frances Lee Norman swept the boards and Tim Cotter and Tommy Kelly were still in the middle of the ring forty years after they judged their first show at Roundstone in 1924. It...
2015 Connemara Pony Festival
The 2015 Connemara Pony Festival will take place in Clifden from Sunday 16th August to Sunday 23rd August....