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The 80 at Stafford is lovely, very inviting and straightforward, I did my first event there a few years ago. If you're on Facebook join the group twittereventing & there'll be lots of people who can give great advice about preparation and what to expect. By the way, this is a longshot but does...

Well done, he's very handsome and you look very happy in the xc photos! I will have to take a leaf out of your book and try the Pimms trick to calm my nerves (before the sj in my case).

I would much prefer a "made" horse or a "been there done that" type , gives me confidence to know they can do what I'm (trying) to ask and hopefully know enough to help me out. Despite lots of lessons I would worry I was teaching them the wrong things.

Looks fun. How about a coffin with a tarpaulin between poles for a ditch?

This has been a fascinating thread and I have to say it has really got me thinking and questioning my own approach, what I want to aim for, and what I want to get out of my training. Thank you OP! In the last couple of years I've been lucky to have a wonderfully genuine and enthusiastic horse...

Well done! The dressage can't have been that bad if sub 40? We are regularly the last in our section after dressage 😔 (and once I think the worst dressage score of the entire weekend) so I can empathise!

I haven't done Weston myself but a friend did the 90 last October and thought it was very straightforward & not technical.

I saw your score. That's quite an achievement! But ignoring the dressage (which is what I normally have to do) everything went OK?

Looks great, well done.

Not a good sign if your physio doesn't watch the horse move before treatment - our physio always sees the horse walked and trotted up, then lunged, before a physical assessment in the stable.

Wow she has Welsh in her? Like her even more! ☺

Wear boots all round for jumping when studded up. Often leave them off if jumping on a surface.

She looks beautiful. Looking forward to following your progress!

It can be really hard when your horse is injured and has to be retired - been there. Sounds like you have found a lovely home for him though, and I'm sure he will settle in. It might even be easier for you that he is a bit of a distance away. I had to retire my horse at age 7, and kept him...

Wow. Just Wow. She is fab and you look like a great partnership already.