Looking at this lot today, I can honestly say they are never going to be show ponies.

This is mostly because I can’t be arsed to go through all the palaver of getting them show-ready – I mean, where would you begin with Waffle?  Bung him in the shower?

And partly because I know they would hate the whole show-ring thing.  This is not their world.

There is a certain type of pony that loves it and my lot are not that.  They are naturally muddy, wet bog-monsters

And Silver is actually white in colour rather than this rather unfetching mud-infused hue he is trying (and succeeding) with.

So that’s our show career over and done with in just one small discussion plus a few photos that have managed to totally talk me out of it.

And you have to get up really, really early!