Snelsmore Sponsorship: Best gelding rosette for Jack and Lily Mai

Snelsmore has always been a keen supporter of the gelding classes, so for many years we have sponsored several group shows with a gorgeous best miniature gelding rosette. Pictured here is a very happy winner, Lily Mai Belton with seventeen year old Longcot Jack receiving the highest placed Snelsmore miniature gelding rosette at Chiltern group…

Heathfield Agricultural show: Rain stopped play.

Another early start, we arrived at seven o’clock for Heathfield Agricultural show in lovely sunshine, thought this year we might be lucky and not get wet, as it always seems to rains at Heathfield. Once again, the sun didn’t last long before thunder and lightning started, for safely reasons the show had to be stopped…

Snelsmore Sponsorship: Best gelding rosette for Oberon and Emma

Lovely to see Snelsmore Oberon and Emma Houston at the Southern Shetland pony group spring show with a Snelsmore best miniature gelding rosette around her waist. It was Oberon and Emma’s first show so you can imagine the excitement when they also became Reserve gelding champion as well.

Stretcholt Equestrian Centre: Early to bed

Another early 4.00 o’clock start for team Snelsmore. Me in my comfy pyjamas ready for the two-hour journey to Stretcholt Equestrian centre. Weather was great and ponies were amazing. Well done to Daniel for leading Snelsmore Querl to take Overall Supreme Shetland under Nigel Vale, while Snelsmore Sundance and I also being Reserve Supreme along…

The SWSPG show: The best kind of present

It was a first time for us competing at the South West Shetland pony group. We competed three ponies the long journey didn’t dampen their enthusiasm they all won their classes. Our judge Mrs Sargeant later picked Snelsmore Sebastian out of a strong line up to be her Junior Champion. Snelsmore Querl was a star…

Two certificates from the SPSBS Award scheme 2016.  

Really proud to receive two certificates from the SPSBS Award scheme 2016. Many thanks to the SPSBS and all those who have helped to make this possible. Merrylees Satchmo, winning the leading sire of the year. This amazing piebald stallion was breed by Mick and Judy Freer. Satchmo was born with that special wow factor,…

As one door closes another opens

With 2016 nearly coming to an end it seemed like a perfect time to reflex on our year. The year started well with fourteen foals born at Snelsmore, it’s always such a relief for me to get our foaling finished safely. At the age of twenty-two Kington Zazarac being placed second in the SPSBS leading…

Eat, Drink and be Merry!

Christmas is like a normal day here at Snelsmore, Its difficult with so many animals, although we do try to make it special. All the family enjoy helping with the livestock followed by eating plenty of good food, drinking chilled champagne, opening our presents in front of a roaring log fire and if Gemma gets…

Double trouble for Brambles

After our recent evening calving Patsy I was hoping for an easier calving from Brambles, and it was; Just how the book said it should be. It was 12 o’clock in the morning and Brambles was showing all the right signs in her appearance that she was about to calf, the loss of the mucus…

Patsy knows best

To add to an already hectic day we noticed Patsy was showing early signs of calving, so we decided to make space and bring her in out of the weather. Typical the barn was full with our weaned ponies and yearling calves, so one more job to add to my never-ending list. With the animals…