Part-Bred Connemaras

Part-bred Connemaras can offer the best of both worlds, with the hardiness, good temperament and versatility of the Connemara breed brought together with the excellent features of other breeds such as Thoroughbreds, Irish Draughts and Sports Horses.

Following lengthy discussions with DEFRA on 28^th August 2025, we have been told that our Rules of Registration of pure bred ponies are fully compliant with the DEFRA guidelines based on current EU/UK legislation.   In fact, we were the first Breed Society so far to have no remedial measures applied.   This secures our status as a Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO) for pure bred Connemaras.

However, the British Connemara Pony Society Council have taken the unanimous decision to cease registering and overstamping part bred Connemara passports.   This decision was not taken lightly but in all the circumstances and to maintain our compliance with current legislation, it is the only forward.  The BCPS advises breeders of part bred Connemaras to register them with one of the following PIO’s:-

Sports Pony (GB), Sports Horse Breeding of Great Britain or the National Pony Society.   All these organisations can provide passports with the pedigree displayed in Section V of the passport.

https://www.sportpony.org.uk/

https://www.sporthorsegb.co.uk//

https://www.nationalponysociety.com/

Part Bred Connemara ponies will always be included in the Breed Show, PAS, Dressage, Eventing etc.  If your part bred pony is already registered with the BCPS then you can enter these events as usual.

For Part Bred Connemara ponies which are not able to be registered with the BCPS due to DEFRA’s restrictions, all you will have to do is, when you submit an entry to any of our competitions, email us a copy of the Pedigree Page of your pony’s passport showing the Connemara side of the breeding and also a copy of the Ownership Page showing that you are the registered owner and the pony is correctly registered with a Society who is based in Great Britain.  Where to send the email will be shown on the relevant Page on our website once available.