The Irish Pony

Preview from the Movie: The Irish Pony "Return of a Native"

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Comment by Redbud Ranch on February 22, 2008 at 1:55pm: http://www.oxfordscientificfilms.tv/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=28806

Gerry's on a mission. His domain is Ireland's spectacular wild west coast and he's out to find the true Connemara ponies. They're still out there, roaming the bleak mountainous terrain, the desolate moors and bogs. In fact if you're going to get a kid a pony the odds are you'll get her a Connemara pony. They're agile, hardy and sweet tempered. But Gerry's out to find the origins of the species. This program takes us on a search for the wild Connemara pony. We'll scramble with Gerry around the barren landscape of County Galway, battered by the tides and storms of the Atlantic since the ice-age. We'll meet some of the locals. Every last one of them has a story about this quirky Irish horse, tales of heroic deeds, of ghosts, witches, leprechauns, storms and shipwrecks. Trouble is, no two stories are the same. The pony's history is ancient, its origins are so shrouded in mystery and cock and bull that Gerry wants to set the record straight.