Let's get Dr. Finno to Clifden 19 August 2014

The upcoming meeting at which Dr Finno will present the results of the genetic research into HWSS is exciting progress.   As with everything, progress comes at a cost.  

The Connemara Pony Research Group is an informal collection of people who came together in an effort to find the cause of HWSS. The research undertaken by the Bannasch Laboratory on the group's behalf was funded by member's donations, a grant from the American Connemara Pony Society Foundation and  many public donations made to the Connemara DNA Research Fund, Centre for Equine Health, University of California Davis, USA.

Knowing that the result of the research and genetic test development is of importance to every Connemara pony owner or breeder, the decision was made to bring Dr Finno to Ireland to present the results of the research.  The presentation will be of value and interest to veterinarians, farriers and Connemara pony breeders from across the world, many of whom will be attending 2014 Clifden Show Week and Sales.

The CPBS and the ICCPS were offered the opportunity to support this event at no monetary cost to either organisation.  However neither of these two organisations has replied to their invitation.

We need to raise funds to pay the costs of getting Dr Finno to Ireland, her accommodation in Ireland, and associated costs of presenting this meeting.   An application for funding support was made to Horse Sport Ireland but as the result of their own funding cuts, they were unable to help.

We need your help to raise the funds.

Should any organisation, business or private individual wish to be a named sponsor for this event, then please contact the group  email

Several methods are available to make donations to the Dr Finno Travel Fund :

• SEPA-banktransfer. Free of charge!
  Recipient: B. Hellwig Connemara Pony Research Group
  IBAN: DE35 5605 1790 0101 2347 71
  BIC: MALADE51SIM
  Bank name: KSK Rhein-Hunsrueck

• Paypal (via cprg@web.de). 1.9% +35c will be taken from every donation

• GoFundMe (+paypal). 7.9% +35c will be taken from every donation

The total donated funds will be updated on the barometer below.  

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We are extremely delighted with the Euro500 donated by the  German Connemara Pony Association (Connemara Pony Interessengemeinschaft) who have been great supporters of the research project from the outset and who are also managing the accounts on behalf of the Connemara Pony Research Group.  Euro180 has been donated by several German breeders.

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Surplus Funds will be donated to:

Connemara DNA Research, 

Centre for Equine Health,

UC Davis,

USA.

Wish to know more about HWSS? Book a presentation.

The research on HWSS has more depth to it than what is shown in this blog.  Only the basics have been put on the internet because the internet is not a secure medium.  Anyone can lift  files off the net and use these for what ever they choose; although unlikely people with an 'agenda' could be tempted to use such information to their own advantage and not for the greater good which is the aim of this research group.

Jocelyn Garneau-Davies was invited to a meeting of the American Connemara Pony Society to talk about HWSS which happened on Friday 13.  For this meeting the group put together a Power Point Presentation with a much greater degree of information.   The people present at the meeting found that the information which they saw greatly helped them in their understanding of the whole HWSS issue. 

The group has repesentatives in most countries.  If your Breed Society, farrier/podiatry or equine group is interested in hosting such a presentation then email us.   Translations still have to be made into other languages, so please do not try and book a presentation for 'next week' :)