DESPITE the traffic and fuel supply disturbances last weekend, 143 of the 221 catalogued entries were presented at the April Connemara Pony Sale in Clifden last Sunday. Of those, 107 sold resulting in a positive clearance rate of 75%. Online activity was strong, as we have come to expect at Clifden, with 39 lots won by online bidders. With regard to location, the UK will be the new home of 25 ponies with 12 going to Benelux countries. Five ponies are bound for Sweden and five for France, while one pony was headed to Germany.

Belgian outfit SDV Horse BV signed for 12 lots, while sale regular Adam Ferris was the successful bidder on seven. Kieran O’Connor left with five lots, the same number as Pat O’Gorman and Hannah Taylor, who were also the buyers of the top-priced lot at €14,200. That top price was up from the same sale last year, when the topper went for €12,000.