Connemara pony

Nowadays, the largest mammal in the Park is the Connemara pony.

Ballyconneely breeds Connemara ponies, including some home and overseas champions.

Breeds such as the Connemara pony, are recognized for their ability to carry a full-sized adult rider.

His mother raises Connemara ponies.

A 13-year-old on his 5-year-old pony won the Connemara Pony Race, the hometown favorite.

Connemara pony, from County Galway in western Ireland.

In the old days, locals brought their Connemara ponies, the hardy native breed, and even a few donkeys for a day of racing on the beach.

It originated from crossing Thoroughbred, Connemara pony and Irish Draught horses.

A Family Fair introduced people to Irish dog breeds, Connemara ponies, Gaelic games, storytelling and much more.

Capaillín is also the Irish word for "pony", as in the name of Ireland's most famous and ancient native horse breed, the Connemara pony.

Among Connemara pony breeders, homozygous creams are called "blue-eyed creams" or sometimes "pseudo-albino" and remain barred from the stud book.

The Clifden Show in Ireland is the largest horse show in the world which showcases the Connemara pony breed.

The native Irish horse, the Irish hobby, represented today by the Connemara pony, was a horse measuring twelve to fourteen hands high.

These later settlers arrived with the ancestors of what would elsewhere become Shetland, Highland, and Connemara ponies, which were crossed with the previously imported animals.

Domestic animals native to the islands include the Connemara pony, Shetland pony, Irish wolfhound and several types of cattle and sheep.

Hunter-type Pinto ponies are of predominantly Welsh pony, Connemara pony, or Thoroughbred breeding.

The breed provided foundation bloodlines for several modern horse breeds, including breeds as diverse as the Connemara pony and the Irish Draught.

The Connemara pony (Irish: Capaillín Chonamara )is a pony breed originating in Ireland.

Too much crossbreeding began to dilute the pony bloodlines, so the Connemara Pony Breeders' Society, founded in 1923, worked to preserve the breed type.

It is also seen in the Miniature horse, Akhal-Teke, Icelandic horse, Connemara pony, and Welsh pony.

She said Grey Lady Too, a Connemara pony, was "dumped" on the lawn at her former council house in the Western Isles on Christmas Eve.

These numbers make the Kerry Bog Pony third in population numbers among Irish breeds, behind the Connemara pony and the Irish Draught.

He also used the island to launch a variety of business ventures including hospitality, smoked fish range, music recording, a Connemara Pony Stud, art residencies and a malt whiskey.

In the mid-1960s the APSB opened sections for Welsh Mountain and Connemara ponies and catered for some other European breeds later.

The Connemara Pony Show offers breeders and visitors the chance to witness the very best of Connemara Ponies on display.