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About the Connemara Breed
.The term Connemara is applied to the breed
of pony which is found in that part of Connaught in Ireland
lying to the west of Loughs Corrib and Mask, bounded on the
west by the Atlantic and on the south by Galway Bay. This area,
which is larger than the actual district of Connemara, has been
the home for centuries of an indigenous primitive pony type,
which until comparatively recent years was left to fend for
itself in an almost feral state in wild and hard conditions.
In 1900 a commission on Horse Breeding in Ireland was set up,
and Professor J. Cossor Ewart, M.D., F.R.S., made a report after
a very thorough survey of the conditions and possibilities of
the Connemara pony. In 1928 the present Connemara Pony Breeder’s
Society was formed for the preservation and improvement of the
Connemara pony. At its first meeting the Society decided on
the policy of maintaining the breed intact by careful breeding
from selected Connemara mares and stallions, so as to form a
solid foundation stock. The original practise of crossing Connemara
mares with stallions of other breeds was discontinued. This
policy has been adhered to, and its results are to be found
in the increasing uniformity with recognised standards, the
better quality generally of mares – owing to the greater
attention paid to this by breeders – and a decrease in
the number of unlicensed stallions at large on mountain commonages.
Consequently there is less uncontrolled breeding, while the
stamina of the breed, for which it has always been renowned,
has not been affected.
Like all these representatives of the various primitive pony
breeds of Europe, The origin of the Connemara is lost in the
mists of history. It has been said that they owe their origin
to horses saved from the wreck of the Spanish Armada in 1588,
but it is more probable that the stock was present before that
date. It has been suggested that with the Highland, the Shetland,
the Iceland and the Norwegian ponies, it forms a Celtic pony
type, with the addition of oriental strains at various times.
The breed together with its primitive characteristics certainly
show signs of the admixture of Spanish and Arab blood, and might
well have received the former in the times when the merchants
of Galway traded regularly with Spain. However that may be,
there seems no doubt that the Connemara pony is among the oldest
inhabitants of the British Isles, and is a link with a very
remote past.
The points and characteristics of the Connemara pony as defined
in the Studbook are as follows: hardiness of constitution, staying
power, docility, intelligence and soundness. Height, 13 to 14
hands. Colour, grey, black, brown and dun, with occasional roans
and chestnuts. Body compact, deep, standing on short legs and
covering a lot of ground. Riding shoulders (i.e. well sloped
and not thick and heavy). Well-balanced head and neck, and a
free, easy action and true movement. Bone, clean, hard and flat,
measuring 7 to 8 inches below the knee.
The predominant colour is grey, comprising more than half the
total number of ponies registered. Blacks are a little more
numerous than browns and bays. Dun, the typical and original
colour of the Connemara, is now very scarce.
As has been shown, the breed of Connemara pony is without question
an ancient one, and there can be little doubt that the pony
as found in Connemara itself is a tough, wiry and altogether
typical native pony. Like all such, it thrives on poor keep
and, as with other native breeds, seems to do better and retain
its type better this way than if stable-fed. It is to be hoped
that the true Connemara type will be jealously guarded and retained.
The English Connemara Pony Society now recognises a height limit
of 14.2 hands. This recognition curbs the natural tendency of
breeders to increase the size, which generally means loss of
character. It is indeed essential to retain the true characteristics
that are exemplified in the Irish-bred pony.
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