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....
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...
The 2015 Connemara Pony Festival will take place in Clifden from Sunday 16th August to Sunday 23rd August....
The CPBS office will be closed from Friday 19th December and will re open on Monday 5th January. We wish all our breeders and members a Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year....
We're running a competition where riders have a chance to feature on Page 3 of the 2014 "An Capaillin"! The winner will receive a photo shoot with their Connemara and have editorial on their successes with their pony. To enter, all you have to do is send an email with no more than 50 words on why you should be our Page 3 Jockey of 2014 and include one photo. Entries close on Tuesday 23rd December 2014 and all submissions will be posted to the CPBS Facebook page. The winner...
The CPBS Council met last night Tuesday 16th December for their last meeting of 2014, where it was agreed to hold a Council meeting on the second Monday of every month. The 2015 AGM was set for Sunday 11th October. Following a huge amount of discussion and suggestions the Council agreed that an independent Chairperson will select a committee of four members, one from each province, to pick the judges for Clifden Show. All eligible judges will be written to in the coming days to see if they wish to...
The second ever CPBS Christmas took place at Creagh Equestrian Centre on Saturday. Despite the delayed start in the morning due to the Working Hunter moving indoors, there was a great turnout of entries and spectators. The morning Working hunter classes started just after 10.30 and were followed by a Dressage demonstration from Alana Cazabon Sullivan and then a Christmas themed musical ride from the Clegganbay Riding Centre (santa hats, reindeer noses on ten grey Connemara ponies). The obstacle course took place with a tricky course designed by Cathriona Goaley followed by...
The new edition of An Capaillín is currently being compiled and we are delighted to have Lucinda Kelly on board as our editor. Lucinda is a member of the CPBS who is passionate about performance ponies and who breeds from home in Wicklow. Lucinda works in marketing strategy for one of UK and Ireland's leading bookmakers, Paddy Power. Her expertise in marketing strategies and passion for the pony should help us to deliver an even better publication at the end of the year. We would really appreciate some feedback on...
The CPBS Christmas Newsletter is available to download here Christmas Newsletter 2014. This is our first digital newsletter and we hope you like it....
The CPBS Council met for a seminar on Monday 1st December. In a thorough and wide ranging discussion it has begun to plan it's programme of work for the coming year. Several group discussions and presentations dealt with every aspect of the Society's work and methodology. The Council was very honoured to have President Michael D. Higgins accompanied by his wife Sabine drop in a for brief visit during which he wished the Society well in it's work....