Just updated Snelsmore Venus’s profile picture. Venus until now has spent all her life in a small filly group, then more recently she’s has been running with the stallion. The Downs group show was a great opportunity to give her some useful life experiences before she settles down to be a mother. A win for…
It’s not just the people that have missed the shows. Snelsmore Versace enjoying his first outing since lockdown. We all had a fun day at H.O.P.E Spring show even the rain couldn’t spoil it! Snelsmore Sebastian was Miniature Champion and Snelsmore Versace Reserve Miniature Champion. Our two young fillies having their first outing also had…
Equine colour genetics have always interested me, so during lockdown I’ve had a few ponies colour tested, Sebastian, Wakanda, and Watson all tested TT. Our latest pony to be tested was Snelsmore Ulysses. Pictured below, his colour pattern has always been fascinating, partially what I can only describe as a merle colour on his quarters….
Christmas celebrations at Snelsmore are very simple, work goes on very much like normal. With the animals all comfortable for a few hours, we light the log fire warming ourselves and the home, turn up the Christmas carols and settle down to hand out gifts, and this year we did something a bit different, we…
On this occasion Father Christmas was busy wrapping present’s for a what could me a last minute Christmas rush. Luckily Samantha’s early Christmas present Snelsmore Wakanda was delivery in style by NR Transport, no need to call in the reindeer’s for this special delivery. Wakanda made the journey to Yorkshire and very soon found a…
Our little yearling colt Snelsmore Wakanda showed all the visual clues (ink spots)” of carrying the Tobiano gene, so we decided DNA testing would tell us more conclusively if our thoughts were right.We had Wakanda’s results back and he is positive for dominant Tobiano gene mutation, carrying two inherited copies of Tobiano (TT). Wakanda will…