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Cathal Mullen

Connemara pony breeder of Gurteen Connemara Ponies in Gurteen Bay, Roundstone, Co. Galway, Ireland, whose family has bred multiple Clifden Show champions including Supreme Champion Gurteen Jennifer.

Oct 11, 2026

45:12
Are we losing bone?
45:13
I haven't brought a filly out for inspection now in the last couple of years, but I used to do inspections.
45:18
But I don't...
45:19
Understand from the linear profile and sheet, I know we measure bone, but from the sheet, I think over the last couple of years, substance and bone has been taken off it.
45:28
Now, it's okay measuring the bone, and it's great, like, but if we're not telling the breeders that they are going to be marked on bone, I don't know where bone is going to come out of.
45:37
Do you know what I mean? And I think that's very important for the breed.
45:39
And for us, with our batch of mares and everything, like, I know there's performance and type, but at the end of the day, if you don't have bone, you have nothing.
47:36
Going back to some of the other guests, what we're talking about, is it that there's a market now for a more of a performance pony, that there's two different types of ponies? Then there is that typey, showy pony, and then you've got your performance pony that might need to be more athletic, you know, or more blood.

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