Stretcholt Spring Show: Spectre’s ready for action.

Fantastic day with our youngsters at Stretcholt Spring show. Couldn’t be more pleased, a lovely venue perfect for educating our babies. Snelsmore Spectre our piebald yearling colt by Merrylees Talisman had a great learning experience for his first time competing at a show. Spectre made a James Bond style entrance with a flying leap out…

Wessex group show: Quiz Master answers all the questions

This winter has been really hard work so a good start to the show season was the result were hoping for. In the early hours of the 20th March with all the ponies scrubbed up we left for our long journey to the Wessex group show at Kingfisher Equestrian centre. Our day started well with our two-year…

The British National Foal Show: My lucky Shamrock.

The British National Foal Show was the last show of the season for us and our bay colt Snelsmore Shamrock brought it to a close by received a second place in a strong colt foal class. It’s so amazing to see the foals being born, watching them grow up into little personalities during the summer…

Wessex Group Autumn show: A high note

Can’t believe the show season nearly over, it was so nice to finish on a high note at the Wessex group Autumn show at Kington Marward.  Snelsmore Mystique won a strong mare class and went on to be Miniature Champion and Reserve Supreme bringing her season to a great end. Fingers crossed she is in…

Thame Show: Querl come up trumps again

Snelsmore Querl earns another good result for Snelsmore at Thame Agricultural show. While Snelsmore Madonna and Snelsmore Jasper luck ran out, on this occasion only managing third and fourth places under Mrs V Hampton, Querl’s winning streak continued. Mrs Hampton chose Querl our two year old bay filly by Kington Za Za Rac to win a strong…

Usk show: A new adventure

Always love going at new venues, so completing at Usk Agricultural for the first time was no exception. It turn out that Usk was a lovely County show near Monmouthshire, Wales and we had some beautiful weather so we enjoyed wandering through some of the shows interesting trade stands after we finished the more serous…

Stretcholt Show: Perfect ending for Querl

Fantastic day for us at Stretcholt Equestrian centre. This is a lovely venue and for the mornings affiliated  Shetland classes we took five ponies. They all won their classes under Mrs J Webb. This made the Championships very difficult for Cliff and I, many thanks for everybody’s help and patients on the day. Snelsmore Orlando…

Edenbridge & Oxted show: Great day for the boys

Another long journey to Edenbridge & Oxted show on the 31st of August, luckily we didn’t get the bad weather that had been forecast. Edenbridge is a really busy agricultural show and a very different atmosphere from the Wessex group show last week for our novice filly Snelsmore Ragdoll.  Just like her mum Benston Gloria…

Wessex Group show: Sunshine and showers

It was lucky the Wessex summer show on the 23rd of August was held indoors at the Kingfisher Equestrian centre Lovington, as it was typical British weather, sunshine and showers. I didn’t really feel very inspired getting the ponies washed in heavy rain storms the day before, certainly didn’t make it feel much like summer. On the…

The Shetland Society Breed show: Let the celebrations begin.

This year’s Shetland Society Breed was a day after my birthday, so it seemed a good idea to put my birthday celebrations on hold, I needed to keep a clear head with no nasty hang over for the early start the next morning . With the  two lorry’s loaded we left in convoy down the…

Great Shetland Society Breed show

Four trophies and a huge pile of rosettes from the Shetland society breed show. So pleased with our ponies, four first, two seconds, three thirds and a fourth place. Reserve Miniature Champion and Best Opposite sex  for Snelsmore Mystique. Overall Miniature Yearling Champion for Snelsmore Rembrandt

The Royal Welsh show: A night away

We always stay away for the Royal Welsh show and once our ponies have been settled into their stables we enjoyed our evening in the beautiful surroundings of Wales. With every thing organized on the farm for our evening away, we head off for the long four hour journey to the shows camp site armed with…