Talk:Connemara pony

message: This idea of Spanish horses from the Armada influencing the Connemaras, I found so fascinating that I even got a book describing the "landfall" (to say so) of the ships of the Spanish Armada in Ireland. From the description of the events given in this book ("Ireland - Graveyard of the Spanish Armada") it apears highly unlikely that any horses aboard the ships could have been used to improve the Connemara race:
-I found no evidence that there were horses aboard anyway (the invasion fleet was not part of the Armada ending in Ireland)
-The ships which eventually decided to head for the Irish coast must have been in a desolate state, with no water or food left. I doubt that horses would have survived that.
-The three ships which made it to the Connemara coast were wrecked in storms, with several hundred sailers and soldiers killed when trying to reach the stormy coast and only few survivors (at least after the Irish troops came in). Even many sailors were not able to even leave the sinking ships. How could horses tugged away under deck have freed themselves?
The similarities in appearence between Spanish horses and Connemars are nevertheless striking; so I am pretty sure that there is Spanish genome in there! Thyl Engelhardt 213.70.217.172 15:09, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Armada legend 

message: I suggest removing the "famous Connemaras" section altogether.  My recommendation is create a Category:Connemaras, within the Category:Famous horses and those who have articles can be linked to that category (and the category can be linked to this article).  I have noticed that once these "laundry lists" begin, they expand exponentially.  By creating a category, any individuals who are truly significant can have their own wikipedia article and pass the "Notability" criteria.  Montanabw(talk) 22:38, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous horse list 

message: Since there is no wikilink available for Piebald and Skewbald, should we add a parenthetical "black & white" and "brown & white" to the text? (Although technically I think the term skewbald means any other color (except black) and white). --AeronM (talk) 01:22, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pinto

message: Could someone please provide a conversion of the heights given in "hands" to an SI unit? You have an international readship, after all. I suggest the use of cm, as everywhere else in the world ;-)) Thyl Engelhardt 213.70.217.172 (talk) 07:11, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: We are slowly working our way through the horse articles to add the convert template to provide both inches and cm.  (There are over 300 breed articles alone, they all mention height) The term "hands" is also used in places like the UK that otherwise use the metric system, it's unique to horses.  For now, in absence of a conversion note, the term "hands" is wikilinked for further explanation.   If anyone wants to help by adding the convert template, all you need to know is that a hand is 4 inches, and the number after the decimal point is inches. So, 14.2 is 14 x 4 + 2 = 58/148cm inches.  Then just do  and the result is "14.2 hands ().  We can't figure out how to avoid the double parens, and we have also tried and failed to do a full hands-to-inches and cm template because the decimals aren't in tenths for measuring in hands.  So the math and the template is what we are doing for now.  All help appreciated! Montanabw(talk) 00:00, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hands? 

message: It is a bit odd that Buckskin colour is not mentioned as being permitted, when the article is illustrated with images of buckskin horses. As I don't know much about Connemaras, I don't feel I should fix this, in case buckskin is not really permitted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.238.46.92 (talk) 08:31, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a long story, the colors produced by the cream gene being confused with those created by the dun gene and the registry being in denial about that, I'll let the UK editors explain this! Montanabw(talk) 21:39, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colours 

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