Snelsmore Juniper has been placed show ring as a youngster but in more recent years she has been at stud. Juniper has already bred three foals and has been running with Merrylees Satchmo this summer, believed in foal for 2016. As well as a super mum, Juniper has the right temperament to make an excellent…
After a busy time at the stud and a few sleepless nights foaling, we left 20 minutes later than we really should have for our second show of the season at Stretcholt Equestrian Centre on 11th of April. Even though we had been to Stretcholt before, I didn’t read the Google directions properly. We took…
Can’t believe the show season has come around so quickly. The winter seems to have ended and spring is finally here. The snowdrops have just about finished and daffodils are almost in full bloom. Unfortunately it’s not quite t-shirt weather though, I still need my winter leggings and a fleece coat as there is a bit…
With Christmas celebrations over it’s time to look forward to 2015. January’s wet weather is making life hard on the farm at the moment. I cant wait for the spring time! Last year’s foals are maturing nicely into yearlings with a few looking like early show prospects and a lot of ours mares are looking…
All of us here at Snelsmore would like to wish everybody a very “Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.” During the Christmas celebrations, things here on the farm are pretty normal, our work has too continued. I remember last Christmas Eve we were faced with heavy storms which meant our indoor stables were completely…
I love the buzz from all the activities here on the farm. It’s really interesting seeing the dogs training at Q-Me Agility, getting to meet some lovely people and amazing dogs, have a look at some action shots from a session with Dave Munnings. For those with dogs why not visit Dave’s website, www.qme-agility.co.uk, for some…
With only a few more shows to go for our 2014 season our enthusiasm is still surprisingly strong. The Wessex Shetland Pony Group will be our twenty-eighth show with twenty-four different ponies. The Wessex Group’s final show of the year was on the 26th October held at Kingston Maurward College Equestrian centre. For us it was nearly…