Wessex Shetland pony Group Spring show, the first group show of 2012 was held at the Kingfisher Equestrian centre Nr Castle Cary on Sunday 25th March. Blessed again this year with sunny weather, it was good to see so many exhibits for our judges to cast their eyes over. Mrs M Ball of Surrey judged the miniature ponies whilst Mr N True of Carmarthen judged the standard ponies.

Our congratulations to all of the class winners and Championship winners – well done.

Championships Miniature Junior Champion – Snelsmore Nevada Reserve Miniature Junior Champion – Snelsmore Mystique Miniature Senior Champion – Waterpitts Elegant Lord Miniature Reserve Senior Champion – Jay of Jopa Miniature overall Champion – Waterpitts Elegant Lord Reserve overall Champion – Snelsmore Nevada Standard Junior Champion – Sharptor Kerri Lou Reserve Standard Junior Champion – Champlers Verity Standard Senior Champion – Champlers Vesta Standard Reserve Senior Champion – Schivas Kerry Standard overall Champion – Champlers Vesta Reserve overall Champion – Schivas Kerry Ridden Champion – Weewaif Merry Mallow Reserve Ridden – Yaffle of Breamore Supreme Champion – Champlers Vesta Reserve Supreme Champion – Waterpitts Elegant Lord	Embroidered fleece jacket to the owner of the Supreme Champion sponsored by Equine Clothing
Overall Standard ring Champion & Supreme Champion Champlers Vesta	Reserve Miniature Junior Champion Snelsmore Mystique
	Miniature Junior Champion Snelsmore Nevada on the left & Miniature Senior Champion Waterpitts Elegant Lord
	The final judging of the day and the judges chose Champlers Vesta as their Supreme Champion
	Judging the Supreme Championship The final line up, from the front to the back are: Miniature Senior Champion Waterpitts Elegant Lord Miniature Junior Champion Snelsmore Nevada Standard Senior Champion Champlers Vesta Standard Reserve Senior Champion Schivas Kerry Ridden Champion Weewaif Merry Mallow

Summer Show - This year the summer show found itself at a different venue due to the Olympics and an imposed change of date for the pony club summer camp which also use the venue for an elongated period of time. We also had a new catering van which seemed to go down very well. We were fortunate to have good weather and plenty of ponies entered for all of the classes. It was good to see a lot of new members showing their ponies and some new faces in the ridden and young handler classes.

Our judges, Mrs Stevenson and Mrs Holt worked hard all day and finally chose their Supreme Champion to be the Blackmar family’s new edition, Carmaco Potblack, a new combination but one that brought great results. The Miniature Championship and Reserve Supreme went to Alan Davis’ Halstock Cassandra, another fairly new relationship, and the Standard Championship went to Boxleaze Champlers owned by Barry Gamblin.

Standard overall Champion – Boxleaze Champers	Miniature Champion & Reserve Supreme Halstock Cassandra

Championships
Miniature Junior Champion – Snelsmore Nevada
Reserve Miniature Junior Champion – Wotknotts Joe

Miniature Senior Champion – Halstock Cassandra
Miniature Reserve Senior Champion – Shawdene Bouloux Bon Bon

Miniature overall Champion – Halstock Cassandra
Reserve overall Champion – Shawdene Bouloux Bon Bon

Standard Junior Champion – Threapwood Vela III
Reserve Standard Junior Champion – Westbridgepark Cherry Brandy

Standard Senior Champion – Boxleaze Champers
Standard Reserve Senior Champion – Carmaco Pot Black

Standard overall Champion – Boxleaze Champers
Reserve overall Champion – Threapwood Vela III

Ridden Champion – Carmaco Pot Black
Reserve Ridden – Ulverscroft Select

Supreme Champion – Carmaco Pot Black
Reserve Supreme Champion – Halstock Cassandra

Ridden Champion & Supreme Champion Carmaco Pot Black	Another Young jockey, first time out for  three year old Louis riding Eiger Gabrielle

Autumn Show held at the Kingston Maurward Equestrian centre near Dorchester was another success all thanks to our members and competitors..... and the weather wasn’t too bad either!
We had many, many entries so all of the classes had lots of ponies forward, especially the young handler and ridden classes. Well done and thank you to all of the parents and supporters of these classes it was very pleasing to see the younger members of the group enjoying themselves and putting so much hard work into their pony’s and the classes. Unfortunately there can only be one winner in the ring, but they are all winners with their achievements and pony management.

As the day drew to a close, the judges, Mrs M Matthews and Mrs J Webb chose the Overall miniature ring champion, Snelsmore Mandrake as their Supreme and the Overall standard ring champion Coppice Maggie May as their Reserve Supreme.

Supreme Champion – Snelsmore Mandrake	Reserve Supreme Champion – Coppice Maggie May
Mrs Nina Retter with Eiger Kracker Miniature Reserve Senior Champion	Isabel Glazebrook on Helawi Lord Louis Ridden Champion

Championships
Miniature Junior Champion – Snelsmore Mandrake
Reserve Miniature Junior Champion – Whitcombe Dewdrop

Miniature Senior Champion – Longmeadow Tabitha
Miniature Reserve Senior Champion – Eiger Kracker

Miniature overall Champion – Snelsmore Mandrake
Reserve overall Champion – Longmeadow Tabitha

Standard Junior Champion – Coppice Maggie May
Reserve Standard Junior Champion – Sharptor Darwin

Standard Senior Champion – Helawi Lord Louis
Standard Reserve Senior Champion – Sharptor Raphael

Standard overall Champion – Coppice Maggie May
Reserve overall Champion – Helawi Lord Louis

Ridden Champion – Helawi Lord Louis
Reserve Ridden – Cormoran Cousin Jack

Supreme Champion – Snelsmore Mandrake
Reserve Supreme Champion – Coppice Maggie May