The Smooze only eat Gem and jewels and in g1 mlp race that could beat him the flutter pony has a gem called the Sun Stone which if removed cause thier land to wither and die.

Season final Ashland timeline

Huh. I always thought that was the timeline where Starlight won when the Mane 6 met her in Our Town, but I suppose it could be that too.

5036206 shit. that actually makes a lot of sense