Stud News: Breeders recognition for Snelsmore.

Feel very proud to receive a SPSBS breeders’ recognition award for 2018. We’ve have had a fantastic year, travelled hundreds of miles, winning numerous championships with twenty-five different ponies. Meeting lots of interesting people and enjoyed every moment. I feel so lucky to be living my dream, thanks to everyone who has helped to make…

Stud News: SPSBS Sire award for Zazarac

A second place in the SPSBS sire award for Kington Zazarac. I clearly remember twenty-two years ago one wet winters evening we answered an advert in the Horse & hound. It was love at first sight a naughty character stood at the back of a stable stamping his tiny hoof in a temper, with a mass…

Stud News: An award for Snelsmore Sundance

Sundance gains an award, and a moment of madness pays off!!! We brought Snelsmore Sundance’s dam Kirkstall Acacia from Bridge-water Shetland pony sales with a mating with Kington Zazarac in mind. It was a risk, a mare who hadn’t bred for four years and only ever had colts “what were we thinking of”!!  But a…

Happy Christmas: Eat, Drink and be Merry

Christmas is like any normal day here at Snelsmore. Unfortunately this year we are all struggling with a bad cold, so after caring for our animals I think we will sit down to a good meal, drink chilled champagne, and have a quite day in front of a roaring log fire and if Gemma gets…

It’s A Topsy Turvy Life.

Nutmegs Story. Nutmeg is a very special pony to us at Snelsmore. Nutmeg’s dam was Winchcombe Blueberry, affectionately known to us all as Topsy. Topsy was kind and gentle, a great character but not a show pony – she shone outside of the ring for us. Sadly, she always struggled with sore feet so spent most…

Website Update.

First 2017 foal flown the nest!!….. Sad farewell to little Usher today for both Daisy and I, as her best friend left for his new home with Lauren and her family. Umper and Umberto will follow soon, they are two very lucky boy’s having found a lovely home nearby and look forward seeing them flourish….

Summer and Ugenie

Shallowater Cornish Summer Time with her daughter Snelsmore Ugenie,  just had to share this lovely photo

Peek-a-boo

Snelsmore Ulric, playing hide and seek with the camera, does he really think I cant see him! Ulric is Snelsmore Oceana’s first foal by Halstock Strawberry Worrzo. It was one of those stormy night with gale force winds when your pleased to be tucked up in a cosy bed. In the calm of the next morning,…

Reading Sales 2017

We have three lots entered for Reading sales on the 18th of October. Details of these ponies are being added to my special new Reading Sales page. Please click here to visit the page and find out more information. If you want to contact us at all before the show, please email clifford.percy@btinternet.com and we’ll…