South of England show: Worth waiting

Snelsmore Ulysses our two-year-old colt, has struggle since his flu vaccination. Such a promising yearling, we thought his season 2019 was over before it even got started. Due to a skin reaction to the flu jab he just wasn’t ready for the Bath & West show; A decision to wait and take him to the…

Foaling all done for another year

This years foaling has been great, no hiccups thirteen bouncing babies. Seven colts and six fillies. First foals for some of our young stallions Rembrandt and Sebastian. Pictures will be updated on our foal page soon

Our 2019 foals are now arriving

Our first foal has arrived here at Snelsmore, Snelsmore Opal had a easy birth to a coloured filly by Merrylees Talisman. Even though she was three week early she is a strong bonnie foal full of the joys of spring. A few days later she was joined by Snelsmore Quail’s first foal a little bay…

News from Austria.

Thank you, to Bettina and Verena, for sharing with us, this lovely picture of Snelsmore Golden Ribbon all the way from Austria…. ” Since last August, we are the proud owners of Snelsmore Golden Ribbon. We really love her and she is just an adorable and sweet-tempered mare.” After breeding Icelandic ponies for over 30…

Showing News: In the news.

Two wonderful reports for Cliff and I in the showing journal magazine. In the November issue of the showing journal it was lovely to see Snelsmore Sienna get a mention and a picture from MHOYS and Snelsmore Sundance also got a mention and picture from HOPE Supreme show in the September issue. Snelsmore in the…

Website Update: New Profile pictures

We have been busy on the stud recently. With only a few shows left this season and foals weaned, I’m looking forward to concentrating on the babies throughout the winter, preparing them for next year. Last weekend we showed seven different ponies. So, at the start of this week we took the opportunity to photograph…

Halloween show: “Trick or treat!”

No trick, just a treat for Ulysses at Leyland court farm Halloween fun show. While children are hoping to have their bags filled with candy Ulysses received the Supreme rosette for knocking on the door. It didn’t seem that long ago we made the hard decision to say goodbye to my pride and joy Snelsmore…

Bad hair day for Tiffany

Snelsmore Tiffany having a Friday bad hair day. We have given Tiffany some extra time to mature, being full sister to Snelsmore Shamrock we are very excited about seeing her in the showring sometime soon.

MHOYS: Sienna in the spotlight

MHOYS was a big experience for Snelsmore Sienna, seeing all the lights and razzmatazz of an evening performance for the first time. She has been lightly shown for a three-year-old but handled it like a true professional. Sailing through the morning qualifiers, winning the afternoon class, which only left the evening performance. It was a long…

Odele: A Mother’s delight

Snelsmore Odele…. our wonderful child’s 1st pony! She has the temperament any mother could only wish for her tiny children. Thank you so much for breeding such beautiful, Well mannered, wonderful ponies! Odele is one of our family and will have a home with us for life!