Hi Kate, thought I'd post on here as you're probably more likely to check than emails! and if anyone goes to visit please pass on message and love from all at Cliveden..
Tobago is going FANTASTICALLY!!
Mat is coming up on Thurs to ride him..
But yes just super, been riding through a few...
Just looked through and it seems that mixed metals were allowed. I didn't think they were!! I'd ring BD in the new year and ask... or if you're entering somewhere, ring the organisers and double check..
http://www.military-boekelo.nl/default.asp?mid=home
is the official website for boekelo.
and Pau is
http://www.event-pau.fr/uk/accueil/presentation.html
No luck as yet for le lion d'anger but I'll have a think
No, I think you're doing the right thing - For YOU!
People progress at different speeds, and it's not like you're letting her go to waste and just chucked her out in the field or whatever.
No, I think you're doing the right thing, and then when you do go out competing you'll do much better.
That's not what I'm saying at all. What I'm saying is keep all the benches, tables, pheasant feeders we've all loved jumping, but make the courses ones you can really ride at, not show jump round. THAT is where the accidents are, not the individual fences.
I was talking to someone the other day about this - who rode at top international level, Badminton, Boekelo, WEG etc - and we came to the conclusion that it IS the technicality of the sport now that is causing these accidents. She was saying the only time she ever saw a rotational fall in the...