SPSBS Breed show: Well worth a soaking.

There is always something very special about the society Breed show, this year the weather was against us all from the start. It was a very long wet day at the SPSBS Breed show. Wow!!! what weather we had, never been so wet and cold. I realised my waterproof coat wasn’t so waterproof after all,…

Show Case of Champions show: Amazing madness.

A long hot twenty-four hours of showing. We starting at three o’clock on Saturday morning and finally got to bed exhausted at three o’clock Sunday morning.  Some might say we are mad, but it was great fun and very proud of team Snelsmore’s achievments. A great time at Showcase of Champions show, ponies did us proud…

Somerset Native pony show: A piece of cake for Cliff and Spectre.

Lorry fully loaded with trailer on tow, we headed down the M4 for the Somerset Native pony show at Leyland court, Bristol. On broad we had some novice ponies having some practice, all the ingredients for a very interesting day. Our judge Anna Stevens soon put them through thier paces, Snelsmore Scarlett was first up with a…

Stud News: Bluebells Story

Well done to Becky, James of Halfway stud for another beautiful foal by Snelsmore Lacarno. Lacarno is half-brother to Snelsmore Calipso both out of the Croft Bluebell. In 1995 we answered an advert in the local paper and brought Croft Bluebell a bay and white yearling filly by Taffgarn Raffia out of North-Wells Buddleia. Bluebell…

Foaling: Our first foal has arrived!!

Our first foal has been born here at Snelsmore. Unexpected during the night, Orchid decided to go it alone and give us a lovely surprise in the morning. A cheeky little chap by Kington Zazarac, full of the joys of spring giving us all the run around lets hope he has a friend very soon.

Showing News: Quail is game

Cliff and Snelsmore Quail obviously enjoying their days work at the Downs group show. Quail left the nest as a foal and flew home some years later, as a plucky little feathered bird with her camouflaged plumage and short tail. She took to showing like a duck to water, I’m sure there’s more to come…

Farewell too our precious Jasper.

Farewell too our precious Jasper….. After a short Illness we had to make that tough decision to let Jasper go to a better place. You can now run free of pain where ever you are. They say it hard to feel the highs if you have never felt lows, this was a low…….. I was…