Connemara Pony Tales

About Connemara Pony Tales

Podcast series celebrating all things related to the Connemara Pony — its heritage, breeding, and global community. Produced by Connemara Pony Tales with part funding from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine under the Equine Technical Support (ETS) Scheme 2025.

Publisher

Connemara Pony Tales

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 May 2020

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   ENCORE! A Champion’s Story, Told Three Ways | Copperbeech Encore’s HOYS Triumph

   Send us Fan Mail From a promising foal to the bright lights of HOYS! Join breeder Fiona Grimes, owner Debbie Todd and rider Vikki Smith as they share the remarkable story of Copperbeech Encore, the 2026 Ridden Mountain & Moorland Champion. Three women, three perspectives and one extraordinary Connemara pony. An episode full of memories, laughter, breeding insights and the moments that made a champion. A special thank you to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for supp...

2. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Connemara Pony Tales Live from Clifden: Judges, Champions & the Supreme Story

   Send us Fan Mail For the very first time, Connemara Pony Tales went LIVE, recorded in front of a full house at the Station House Theatre during Connemara Pony Show week in Clifden. Co-hosted by Lucinda Kelly and breeder Joe Burke, the night brought the conversations from the show ring onto the stage with some of the biggest names from an extraordinary week: On the panel Judges: Sean Dunne and Vanessa ComptonRidden champions: Grace Murphy (champion) and Chloe Lacey (reserve champion)Internatio...

3. 

   2 Aug 2026

   Dublin Bound: The Advice, the Almost-Misses and the Ponies

   Send us Fan Mail With the 2026 Dublin Horse Show just days away, we hear from the riders, owners and breeders preparing to take part in the Connemara pony classes. Through voice notes sent directly from yards, stables and jeeps across Ireland and beyond, our contributors introduce their qualified ponies, share the best Dublin advice they have received, reveal what nearly stopped them from getting there and imagine what their pony might say if interviewed on the morning of the class. We are al...

Who has been a guest on Connemara Pony Tales

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Kieran O’Brien
• Jacqui Webb
• Mathew Lawrence
• Jane Somerset
• Rebecca Penny

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

18 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

13

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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