Christmas is like a normal day here at Snelsmore, Its difficult with so many animals, although we do try to make it special. All the family enjoy helping with the livestock followed by eating plenty of good food, drinking chilled champagne, opening our presents in front of a roaring log fire and if Gemma gets…

After our recent evening calving Patsy I was hoping for an easier calving from Brambles, and it was; Just how the book said it should be. It was 12 o’clock in the morning and Brambles was showing all the right signs in her appearance that she was about to calf, the loss of the mucus…

To add to an already hectic day we noticed Patsy was showing early signs of calving, so we decided to make space and bring her in out of the weather. Typical the barn was full with our weaned ponies and yearling calves, so one more job to add to my never-ending list. With the animals…

We are very pleased to announce Pavarotti has passed his Voluntary Vetting in November 2016 with flying colours. He already has a filly foal sired by him born in 2016. Snelsmore Tickled Pink a pretty little chestnut filly and cant wait to meet his next crop of foals.

Another great Reading sale. Some lovely ponies forward, trade seemed to be up with very few not sold. Snelsmore Rouge was Sale Champion and found herself a lovely new showing home. Snelsmore Nova will be joined by Snelsmore Ruby Tuesday to make the long journey to Belgium to a new home with Syl and Kristof….