Wow! What a busy week; from TV star on Tuesday to showing champions on Sunday. The week started with filming for Meridian television. The news team approached us to be part of a short piece for the local news about the preparation needed to compete at the Royal County of Berkshire Show. We were interviewed…
The Downs group show on Sunday 10th August continued regardless of the bad weather warnings. We Woke up to find the weather wasn’t as bad as forecasted, so off we set for The Downs group show at Cherry Tree farm, Surrey with five ponies abroad. As we trundled down the M25 the weather gradually deteriorated…
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…
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,…
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…
A few weeks ago we attended the Chiltern group show in Buckinghamshire. The weather was great which kept everyone in good spirits and the show was well supported. We’re fairly new members to the group and were really impressed with the organization and general camaraderie. Our day was not only good because of the sunshine; Snelsmore…
It’s early March and I can’t believe it’s our first show of the year. It always seems the hardest show, getting back into the old routine is tough after the winter plus the unpredictable nature of the March weather makes it hard to decide whether to wash the ponies or not before hand. On this occasion I…