Elite Connemara pony sale planned in Ireland

An elite sale of Connemara ponies inwards Republic of Ireland is planned for March adjacent year, with the auction launching the Connemara Pony Breeders Society’s annual festival.

Two pick days, Feb 23 in addition to March 2, are beingness organised past times the Connemara Pony Elite Sales Group (CPESG) at the Athlone Equestrian Centre.  Performance specialists Ian Fearon, Tom Slattery, in addition to Jack Doyle volition assess the ponies in addition to those qualifying for pick volition advance to the Exhibition Sale. 

The CPESG hopes to qualify close threescore ponies for the Exhibition Sale on March 28, 2014 equally business office of the 2014 Connemara Pony Spring Festival.

Ponies inwards iii pinnacle categories may compete inwards either of 4 disciples of Riding, Show Jumping, Working Hunter, in addition to Eventing.

All ponies volition induce got photographs in addition to videos taken on their pick twenty-four hr menses past times Tadhg Ryan, of Scarteen, Limerick, which volition hold upwards used for cataloguing for the Exhibition Sale. These images in addition to videos volition hold upwards made available to all competitors, for their ain promotional use, regardless of pick outcome.

The sale volition hold upwards opened past times Horse Sport Republic of Ireland chairman Pat Wall in addition to Marian Harkin (MEP) at Duffy’s Equestrian Centre, Claregalway.

Those ponies that induce got been selected for sale volition hold upwards showcased on-site at Duffy’s. This volition hold upwards followed past times a video auction that evening, run past times Connemara Pony Sales Co. on behalf of the CPESG, inwards the Ardilaun Hotel, Galway City.

The Connemara Pony Elite Sales Group is a voluntary grouping of Connemara Pony enthusiasts, working amongst existing organisations such equally the Connemara Pony Breeders Society CPBS, seeking to nurture the profile of the breed, in addition to growth the marketplace for these ponies.

 

More information on the sale: info@connemaraponysales.com, or view www.connemaraponysales.com. 

Entry criteria:

– Show Jumping Ponies – catering for ponies of 128cm, 138cm, 148cm in addition to over inwards height.
– Working Hunter Ponies – catering for ponies of 138cm to 153cm inwards height.
– Cross Country / Eventing Ponies – catering for ponies of 148cm inwards height.
– Flat Ridden Ponies – catering for 4yo in addition to over ponies.

Riders may select from the next course of report styles:

– a Jump / Cross mode (a mixture of demo jumps in addition to natural-type fences),
– a Show Jumping style,
– a Cross Country style.
– Riding ring.

Ponies volition hold upwards divided broadly into iii historic menses groups for fair in addition to balanced competition:

– 3yo Future Performance ponies, issue jumping fences upwards to 1m inwards height.
– 4yo Performance ponies jumping over fences from 70cm to 90cm inwards height.
– 5yo in addition to over Performance ponies jumping over fences from 90cm inwards height.
– 4yo in addition to over Riding ponies.

The Working Hunter pony volition hold upwards asked to jump fences in addition to perform uncomplicated schoolhouse exercises.

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