Another long journey to Edenbridge & Oxted show on the 31st of August, luckily we didn’t get the bad weather that had been forecast. Edenbridge is a really busy agricultural show and a very different atmosphere from the Wessex group show last week for our novice filly Snelsmore Ragdoll. Just like her mum Benston Gloria…
It was lucky the Wessex summer show on the 23rd of August was held indoors at the Kingfisher Equestrian centre Lovington, as it was typical British weather, sunshine and showers. I didn’t really feel very inspired getting the ponies washed in heavy rain storms the day before, certainly didn’t make it feel much like summer. On the…
We always stay away for the Royal Welsh show and once our ponies have been settled into their stables we enjoyed our evening in the beautiful surroundings of Wales. With every thing organized on the farm for our evening away, we head off for the long four hour journey to the shows camp site armed with…
Time seems to have flown by. It’s the 11th of July and we’re off to the Three Counties Show Ground again, this time for the National Performance Show. I Couldn’t help remembering the last time we made this same journey we had our little wrens chicks aboard. The little stowaway chicks have now safety flown…
Unfortunately we missed the South of England show waiting for Snelsmore Illianna to foal. Typically she hung on to the early hours of this morning to give birth to a little filly. Never mind it all went well and we definitely made the right decision in staying at home. Fours hours later, with her foal happily drinking…