Connemara Pony Spring Festival Clifden Mar.26 – 29 ‘09

CONNEMARA   PONY   SPRING   FESTIVAL
 

 
 CONNEMARA  PONY  SPRING FESTIVAL
 
Thursday, Meeting of Overseas Societies, Photo Exhibition
 At the opening meeting of the four day Connemara Pony Spring Festival, overseas visitors representing the International daughter Societies discussed the operation of the Society data base.    Later that evening the exhibition of John  Petch’s evocative photos of ponies and owners at inspections [...]

Lib Petch lecture, Stallion Parade and Dressage Clifden Connemara Pony Spring Festival

Lecture on Thoroughbred influence
 
The final event of the day on Saturday was a presentation given by well-known Judge and seasoned Connemara Pony expert Elizabeth Petch,  Lib as she is generally known, is the author of the History of the Breeders Society  and her topic in this first ‘Bartley O’Sullivan Lecture’ was ‘The Thoroughbred Influence on [...]