THE “best three-day sale ever” at the Connemara Pony Sales in Clifden last weekend was bolstered by a whooping top price of €14,000 for a three-year-old part-bred gelding, while eight more ponies sold for a five-figure sum.

The demand for Connemara ponies was clear to see at the Clifden mart over the three-day sale, with visitors and online buyers prepared to part with large sums of money to secure what they wanted on the day which resulted in a 70% clearance rate.