BREEDPULSE has released its findings from its first independent audit of Connemara stallions, providing the most detailed picture yet of the breed’s active sire population. The brainchild of Lucinda Kelly, BreedPulse was established by breeders for breeders as a centralised source of reliable information, and operates in support of the Connemara Pony Breeders Society. It has compiled the first independently verified directory of Connemara stallions standing for the 2026 breeding season, and the dataset analysed by the audit includes 94 fully verified stallions drawn from nine countries.

The most striking finding from the audit is that 80% of verified stallions can be traced back to the 1946 sire Carna Bobby, while Clonkeehan Auratum and Silver Shadow appear in 31% and 20% of pedigrees respectively. Eight of the verified stallions in the 2026 directory are themselves sires of other stallions listed in the same, and these findings raise important questions about bloodline concentration and gene pool diversity within the breed.