Conclusion:

I hope you enjoyed my blog on Connemara ponies and I hope you learned loads, Thanks for reading!

 

Me and my Connemara pony magoo.

My own Connemara pony Magoo:

Magoo is a bay Connemara gelding. He is aged 11 and is 15 hands in height.  His registered name also know as show name is Jim Delaney. His sire is the bay 14.2 hand stallion Westside Mirah. He has a special place in our yard as he is home bred. His mother is also still in our yard and is also ridden by me. Magoo has been a pleasure to work with since day one as he has a quite but quirky temperament. He has a cheeky face with a little white spot on it know as a star. He is mainly used as a jumping pony mainly competing in working hunter classes and Connemara performance classes during the summer and then during the winter months jumps on our school show jumping team. He has scope to burn and would jump all day if he had his way! To date Magoo is jumping tracks of 1 meter 10 centimetres and at home is show the ability to go higher. He has many titles and wins to his name. He competed in the Royal Dublin Horse show this year for the first year and taking home fourth place in the 153 working hunter class section A. This year he was also performance champion at the national championship show, he was also novice working hunter champion at Wicklow area IPS Summer show and second place overall novice 153 working hunter. He is a great pony and has been in our yard for 11 years and hopefully many more!

 

 

Magoo in the RDS this year.

Magoo as a foal. Magoos mother

      

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Connemara pony facts:

The Connemara Pony is said to be one breed that really does bond a lot with their owners. Studies have shown that most Connemara ponies remember a voice or a person for years after even if they have been separated from the person.

The Connemara pony gets it's named from the area in Co. Galway, Ireland where it originated.

Connemara ponies were first used by local farmers to carry large baskets of rocks from fields or seaweed from the shores and this was then used as fertilizer.

 

The first Connemara Pony Breeders Society (CPBS) was made and started in 1923 in Cliften, Co. Galway, Ireland by the local horse breeders and farmers.

 

Connemara ponies do not fully mature until they are at least 5 years old and easily live well into their thirties.

Nowadays The Connemara Pony is found in most countries in Europe.

In Cliften, Ireland the Connemara Pony Show is held every year. This show tradition started in 1924 and is still running to this day. Breeders and buyers from around the world come and spectate at the show. Most years there is 400 or more ponies entered in the show. 

The Nugget was a 22 year old Connemara gelding measured in at 15 hands, who once jumped a 7ft 2inch jump at the International Horse Show in Olympia, London back in 1935.