THE Connemara Pony Sales ran on Saturday and Sunday with an exciting catalogue, combining a special select three-year-old loose jumping sale with a varied Sunday offering. There were 266 entries and 207 through the ring and 142 sold giving a 68% clearance rate, a drop from the previous year (83%). Some 30 of the lots were won by online bidders. The UK, as usual represented the most active bidders outside Ireland with 32 lots going across the Irish Sea. Three ponies were bound for Belgium, two for Norway and two for France.

Big buying duo Patrick O’Gorman and Hannah Taylor signed the docket on 13 lots, while Gerty Tynan signed for eight and Jim Harbour and Kevin Reilly took home six apiece.