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October 22, 2013

There are very interesting discussions taking place in the Connemara world at the moment. Two good blogs for contemporary issues can be found at

connemara-pony.blogspot.com (Connemara Pony Research into Hoof Wall Separation Syndrome (HWSS))

http://www.connemaraponychat.blogspot.ie

Back in Australia, the things we warned against over 30 years ago are, frustratingly, becoming only too real. Fiona Comer's excellent work on the bottle-necking of bloodlines (http://connemaraponygenetics.wordpress.com/publications/australia-2/australias-connemara-stallion-lines-in-2013-part-1-introduction/) should be read, understood and taken to heart by anyone involved with Connemaras in Australasia and elsewhere.

There are of course mutterings as to how ths situation was allowed to develop, and it cannot be denied that the very flawed inspection/classification system of pones before they enter the Stud Book has been a major contributor. That this would happen was blindingly obvious and should have been addressed much earlier on, but politics, prejudices, ambition, incompetence and ignorance got in the way.

Other good sites to visit:

http://www.carolinecrick.co.nz/blog.cfm/article/theconnemaraponyshow

http://www.sillogueconnemaraponies.com/#/latest-news/4559876657

http://ashbrookstud.ie