Resources A-Z
Have you come across a website that you find helpful as a resource for a pony enthusiast? If so, tell us about it and we can add a link here!
Animal Welfare Guidelines for Horses, Ponies and Donkeys
Animal Welfare Guidelines for Horses, Ponies and Donkeys, as issued by the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council, Animal Health and Welfare Division, Dept. of Agriculture and Food. This is a .pdf file, so may take a few moments to download.
Go to Animal Welfare Guidelines for Horses, Ponies and Donkeys
Connemara Pony Breeders Society
Official website of the CPBS. Upcoming events, inspection dates, newsletters, and downloadable documentation and forms.
Go to Connemara Pony Breeders Society
CPBS Database
The official online database of the CPBS. You can search for the details and pedigree of a particular pony, search for details of progeny of a particular pony, search for details of ponies bred by a particular breeder, view ‘generation of pedigree’ charts for proposed matings, and calculate the coefficient of inbreeding (Wrights Method).
Go to CPBS Database
Dressage Ireland
Dressage Ireland is the national body controlling affiliated dressage on the island of Ireland. The main objects for which the Company is established are to promote the amateur sport of dressage in Ireland and, where appropriate, in other countries amongst its members and to the public, both generally and as an educational, recreational and sporting activity.
Go to Dressage Ireland
Eventing Ireland
News, Events, Results and other updates for Eventing enthusiasts in Ireland. Includes notices of upcoming events and clinics in Cross Country, Show Jumping and Dressage. International news also features, with photos and updates.
Go to Eventing Ireland
Fédération Equestre Internationale
The primary mission of the FEI is “to advance the orderly growth of equestrian sport world-wide by promoting, regulating and administering humane and sportsmanlike international competition in the traditional equestrian discipline and by helping them to evolve in ways that enhance their attractiveness both for the participants and the public, while respecting and furthering the ideals and principles of horsemanship.”
Go to Fédération Equestre Internationale
Foto-Job.com
Photography studio specialising in equestrian photography. They document you, your horses, and your successes. On top of their professionalism, the whole team is personally involved with horses – may it be riding or breeding – and knows the perfect moments to capture.
Go to Foto-Job.com
Horse Health free pdf Downloads
Run by the Horse Trust, an equine care charity, this is an excellent website, not just for health articles, but all kinds of articles on caring for and properly looking after your pony. Worth a read by all those starting out and even those more experienced! Contains articles on Laminitis, Respiratory Health, Tetanus and Influenza Vaccinations, Strangles, Essential Health Care Requirements, First Aid for Horses, Colic, Rag Worth, Cushings Disease, and Advice on Sweet Itch.
Go to Horse Health free pdf Downloads
Horse Sport Ireland
Horse Sport Ireland is responsible for devising and implementing strategies for the development and promotion of an internationally competitive Irish sport horse industry (breeding, sport and leisure sides). It is the governing body for equestrian sport in Ireland as recognised by the FEI, the Olympic Council of Ireland, and the Irish Sports Council.
Go to Horse Sport Ireland
Horsesmouth.ie
The Horse’s Mouth is your online notice board for all things equestrian in Ireland. www.thehorsesmouth.ie was set up to provide you, your club or organisation with a one stop website where you can check out events that are coming up on our Events Calendar pages, Here you’ll get all contact details and any last minute changes. Once your club or organisation has been registered with us,which is free, you will get a username and password. You can use this to advertise upcoming events with us. These can include all areas of equine sport as well as fun rides, fund raisers, pub quizes, hunt balls and so on.
Go to Horsesmouth.ie
International Committee of Connemara Pony Societies
The aims of the ICCPS are to develop and maintain the Connemara Pony as a distinct breed (in accordance with the aims and objectives of the CPBS) by promoting and fostering high standards of breeding, and to foster co-operation between member national societies.
Go to International Committee of Connemara Pony Societies
Irish Farriery Authority
The Irish Farriery Authority Ltd is the umbrella body for farriery in Ireland, responsible for the Irish School of Farriery (the provider of farriery training in Ireland) and the Irish Farriery Register – a database of registered farriers practicing in Ireland, displaying the names, contact details and locations of farriers in your county.
Go to Irish Farriery Authority
Irish Horse Board
The Irish Horse Board maintains the Irish Horse Register (incorporating the Irish Sport Horse Studbook and the Irish Draught Horse Studbook), promotes and markets the achievements of Irish Sport Horses nationally and internationally, operates schemes to improve the quality of Irish Sport Horses, and promotes Equestrian Tourism & Equestrian Education.
Go to Irish Horse Board
Mystable.ie
Ireland’s first soley equestrian online trading site. Advertise your pony (or horse) for €5 with images, video and full details. Ad stays up till pony is sold. Also has an online forum for enthusiasts to chat and discuss their animals.
Go to Mystable.ie
Rozpravka Photography
See beautiful photgraphic collections of Connemara Ponies in Finland and Ireland by talented Finnish photographer Satu Pitkänen. Includes contact information and links to her extensive Flikr photostream.
Go to Rozpravka Photography
Show Jumping Ireland
Show-Jumping Ireland’s aim is to encourage the holding of show jumping events in Ireland which would provide good sport, fair competition and fellowship for those people with an interest in the horse.
Go to Show Jumping Ireland
Treating Founder (Chronic Laminitis) without Horseshoes
Trimming based on the shape of wild horse feet, as described in Jaime Jackson’s research on wild horses, and Dr. Hiltrud Strasser’s books, A Lifetime of Soundness and Shoeing: A Necessary Evil?
Go to Treating Founder (Chronic Laminitis) without Horseshoes
World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses
Every month the WBFSH/FEI ranking of each discipline is published on the WBFSH website, providing official information on every horse competing at international level all around the world.
Go to World Breeding Federation for Sport HorsesTop Blog Referrer
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International Societies
A list of the Connemara Pony societies worldwide
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