This years foaling has been great, no hiccups thirteen bouncing babies. Seven colts and six fillies. First foals for some of our young stallions Rembrandt and Sebastian. Pictures will be updated on our foal page soon
We have been busy on the stud recently. With only a few shows left this season and foals weaned, I’m looking forward to concentrating on the babies throughout the winter, preparing them for next year. Last weekend we showed seven different ponies. So, at the start of this week we took the opportunity to photograph…
No trick, just a treat for Ulysses at Leyland court farm Halloween fun show. While children are hoping to have their bags filled with candy Ulysses received the Supreme rosette for knocking on the door. It didn’t seem that long ago we made the hard decision to say goodbye to my pride and joy Snelsmore…
MHOYS was a big experience for Snelsmore Sienna, seeing all the lights and razzmatazz of an evening performance for the first time. She has been lightly shown for a three-year-old but handled it like a true professional. Sailing through the morning qualifiers, winning the afternoon class, which only left the evening performance. It was a long…
Well, what a weekend Merrylees Nuggett’s had and I!!!!! We travelled nearly 400 miles, firstly to usk show nr Monmouthshire in typical welsh wet weather, Nuggett won a strong four years & over Miniature shetland class and a few hours later we headed in the opposite direction, down the M25 to the Downs group show,…
Can’t believe how difference the weather can be!! Only a few days earlier at the Society Breed show, we were soaked right through, we really struggled to get everything dried out in time for Bucks County show. The weather turned out to be beautiful sunshine which was a joy for both human and equine. Snelsmore Sundance…
A long hot twenty-four hours of showing. We starting at three o’clock on Saturday morning and finally got to bed exhausted at three o’clock Sunday morning. Some might say we are mad, but it was great fun and very proud of team Snelsmore’s achievments. A great time at Showcase of Champions show, ponies did us proud…
Lorry fully loaded with trailer on tow, we headed down the M4 for the Somerset Native pony show at Leyland court, Bristol. On broad we had some novice ponies having some practice, all the ingredients for a very interesting day. Our judge Anna Stevens soon put them through thier paces, Snelsmore Scarlett was first up with a…