Monday 4 July 2016

Royal Highland Show 2016 - #9 - Ponies, ponies and yet more ponies!

The post you've all been waiting for - lots and lots of fuzzy pony goodness!

Shetland Ponies

Towards the back of the showground there's an area of temporary stables which houses the Highlands and Shetlands during the event.

The last few years the majority of the Shetlands there have been solid black, which is obviously the in thing in the showring these days, but this year there was a lot more variety!

There were bays and chestnuts...

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies
According to the sign on the door, the bay on the left is Spike and his chestnut friend is Chango.

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies
Clearly a bit of zebra in this one. :P


Shetland Ponies

...Palominos...
Shetland Ponies
These two are the rather unfortunately named Sparkle and Tinkerbell.
Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

...pintos...

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

 Shetland Ponies

One good thing about roany Shetlands is that you can see all the hair growth lines far easier than on a bigger horse!

Shetland Ponies

There were a few foals too!

Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies

 Shetland Ponies

Shetland Ponies


As well as some interesting horse clothing...

Shetland Ponies
Dark stable + black shetland + deep bed = floating rug!
Shetland Ponies
Is it bad that I want to recreate this on one of my Julips? XD

We soon moved onto the bigger ponies- Highlands are my favourite pony breed so I always like to spend a lot of time with them when I go to the show.

Highland Ponies

There were greys...

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

..and some still in the process of greying out!

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

...even a couple of bays...

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

...and of course, a whole host of duns in a huge variety of shades!

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

This guy's droopy lip cracked us up so much, he was just so chilled out!

Highland Ponies

The foals in this section were just starting to shed out of their foal coats which only added to the cute factor.

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Highland Ponies

Just look at these ears!

Highland Ponies


After ogling the ponies for a good long while we eventually moved onto the Clydesdales...which will be the topic of the next post!

1 comment:

  1. WOW! I can't get over the varieties and the personalities of these ponies! Lots of research material for you here Christine! :)

    elizabeth

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