A CONNEMARA pony has successfully bred with a native Japanese nag as scientists look to create a super horse. The prized west-of-Ireland ponies are renowned for their sweet nature and remarkable ...

Farewell to beloved Connemara stallion Silver Shadow who died aged 27 in October 2025. Silver Shadow was a successful competition pony and prolific sire.

The Connemara pony is turning Japanese - on an island in the Oriental country. Ireland's famous equestrian breed has winged its way to the east through a frozen semen sample from the Galway breed. The ...

THE North East Breeders Connemara Pony Show takes place on Saturday, July 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. With a prize fund currently over €4,500 this show promises to top last year's show in Donabate. A ...

Legend also has it that when the Spanish Armada sank off the west coast, the horses on board swam to shore and bred with the native ponies running wild in the mountains, writes Ray Ryan. A search on ...

But the hardy ponies, with origins believed to go back 2,500 years to the days of the Celtic warriors, have typically endured much more than the vagaries of the weather. Minister of State Frank Fahey, ...

TOUGH AND resilient, the Connemara pony is faring better than most equines during the current recession. This exciting and resourceful native breed has an international reputation, with societies in ...

In Connemara they say it's the day when summer begins to fade and the first shadows of autumn loom somewhere behind the hills. There is no precise date for the Connemara Pony Show in Clifden but it's ...

The UK’s first prestige Connemara pony sale will take place in Worcestershire this September. The sale is part of Brightwells’ Festival of the Horse sale at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, ...

At Nevins Farm, a facility operated by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Methuen, six ponies have been spending their days nibbling on fresh hay, dipping their ...

Breeding Connemara ponies is not just confined to Ireland and is now an international industry. There are Connemara Pony Associations in 11 different countries. Many of these associations are ...

Fairy tales and hard working pack ponies all part of the annual Connemara Pony Show in Clifden. More than 400 ponies are taking part in various categories at the 71st annual Connemara Pony Show in ...