They were sold on an orange bordered card, in keeping with the style template for 1991, and Rainbow Rider was under the rainbow. Sportstime featured on the front and back of all Schooltime Pony cards as the set mascot.

Although promotional material suggested Sportstime and Paintingtime had curly hair, in fact all four ponies had straight hair. Sportstime was intentionally characterised as a male pony, despite not being made in one of the adult male poses with feathered hooves. From 1991, the Gingerbread pose would increasingly be used to represent boy ponies instead.