“IT’S been a dream year,” said Maeve Kennedy, describing the 2024 her daughter Evie has had with their two Connemara ponies. With sales prices remaining buoyant and incredible performances by our native breed pony at high profile events such as the European Pony Championships, these successes are direct results of the passionate dedication of individual breeders, owners, riders and producers all over the world.

As ever, there are too many good news stories to detail each individually and this is a small selection of some of the joyous moments achieved by Connemaras over the past 12 months.