Kington show is a well-established county show in the beautiful setting of Wales. This year the organizers decided to put on Shetland ponies classes, so we thought we should make the long three-hour journey to help support them and it was a great excuse to get out for a fun day out somewhere different. We…
King is a lovely red chestnut stallion registration no AS1214 born 22nd of May 2006 by Kerswell Kinsman out of Littlebignor Saffron He has that special charm that makes him everybody’s favourite. Would make a good stallion for a stud starting up. He has the most lovely temperament would make a great pet, companion if…
On Saturday 30th August we decided to make the journey down to Bridgewater Somerset to attend the British Miniature Horse Society (BMHS) Show. With a section for shetland ponies, I’m sure it will become popular in the future. The venue was good and the organizers were welcoming. As usual, we endured the early start, although…
Two shows in the one weekend is hard work, especially cleaning and preparing so many ponies beforehand. Some think us totally mad but we were committed to a Sunday show and decided at a later date that the Cadham Shetland show on the Saturday was the perfect small venue for our novice two year colt,…
Cliff and I are having a busy time at Snelsmore right now. We’ve hired out one of our fields for dog agility training sessions with agility World Champion Lisa Frick from Finland. People are coming and going all over the place however it’s nice having so much hustle and bustle; the ponies are having to…
I can’t believe it was four years ago that Snelsmore Nathaniel was born; it only seen like yesterday. I remember Victoria giving birth to a strong, rather hairy little piebald colt, full of energy and life. His cord hadn’t broken so the afterbirth was still attached but it didn’t really seem to bother him and…
The National Pony Show of Wales held at the David Broom Equestrian centre is one of our favourite shows of our year and this year was no exception. In fantastic sun shine, we completed on a great all-weather surface appreciated by both ponies and handlers. Classes in four rings ran well considering the large amount…
