Happy Christmas from Snelsmore

Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all our website visitors. Christmas is like any normal time here at Snelsmore, work must go on. Once the animals are comfortable, we have a family lunch, drink wine, and hand out presents, followed by quiet afternoon playing board games in front of a roaring log fire….

The Downs group award

Many thanks to Jill and Roger Jones for this lovely 2019 Senior Miniature winner award, from the TDSPG Christmas lunch. Sadly Cliff and I couldn’t attend this years, so it was a lovely unexpected surprise to receive it in the post.

Stud Update; Voluntary Vetting

We are very happy to announce that Snelsmore Sebastian and Snelsmore Rembrandt have both passed their SPSBS Voluntary Vetting with flying colours. Sebastian and Rembrandt both have foals born this year, so we are delighted with the outcome and look forward to more in 2020.

Snelsmore Honesty

The meaning of Honesty is when you speak the truth and telling the truth to other people… This little Princess couldn’t have been given a better name, she’s as honest as the day is long!! To her owners Honesty is priceless… the amount of joy she has given to so many children is countless. She may…

Snelsmore Ultimate; like a good wine just gets better with age.

Snelsmore Ultimate is like a good red wine, fruity with a bit of a spice that just gets better with age. Ultimate is improving with every show, following in the footsteps of her parents Snelsmore Drambuie and Snelsmore Jasper…. Reserve Junior Champion at the wessex group show followed by another success at the South West…

Izzy and Mystique

What a lovely day for Izzy and snelsmore Mystique at the Wessex group show. This partnership just keeps getting better. A fifth place in a strong mare class followed by a third in the child handlers class. Izzy’s smile says it all!!

Supernova World Championships; Sunday bested

The alarm was set for three o’clock it seemed so dark, not so long ago it would have been light, with a long journey ahead of us we set off on our way to Arena UK, Grantham. Click on picture to read more.

Supernova World Championships; Lily shines like the stars

What can I say about Snelsmore Lily that hasn’t been said already “She’s a very special pony” Only a few weeks ago Lily was a loving mum to little Wizard enjoying her life as a broodmare. With Wizard successfully weaned, she turned her hoof to the showring once again, performing at the Supernova World Championships….

Hereford Sales 2019; Ulrica shines in the ring

Hereford Shetland sale was the first under the auspices of the SPSBS and it did not disappoint; it was a great venue and had fabulous facilities. We took Snelsmore Ulrica to represent our stud. This two year old filly exceeded all expectation, performing like a pro on her first occasion away from home. She took…