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I ride a 6 year old mare by this stallion. She's a good 16.2 and not the most beautiful to look at! But she tries her absolute hardest at everything you ask he to do and is a very wuick learner and very intelligent. Has a great jump & her movement is improving all of the time. I hunted her 5...

Looks like you re-learnt your test from me as I was 12.20..big bay horse? Glad I didn't get it wrong else we'd have both looked like wallys doing consecutive matching errors of course!

Really nice event very well run. They have balloted before though. As Joss said hilly & a trek if you want to get from A-B so a bike comes in pretty handy. I've been when it's glorious weather & it was really lovely & the ground didn't get firm. Have also been when it just rained all week & the...

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Very opinionated! But usually brave & capable. We have one that's about 17.1, could walk all over you in the stable if he wanted too- which he sometimes does! We can only plait him in the confines of the lorry! But he is one of the bravest xc horses I know!

Keysoe does indoor eventer trials- you can do it with or without dressage too!

I had a go at 3 BYEH qualifiers on a 5 year old in 2008. It was good fun & a worthwhile experience (for both myself & my horse)- as long as your horse is more than ready as it can be a lot for them to take in at a young age- particularly if you got to the Final. Having said that, after...

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Depends how old, soundness & how straightforward etc. But for a proven 3* horse that ticks all the boxes and that isn't 'past it' you could easily be looking at £50,000+ (you would be lucky to find a good one that 'cheap' too!). Good place to look is on Rachel Wakefield's webiste-...

I used to look after Boris when I worked for JTR 3 1/2 years ago- he was such a poppet! We all loved him- so easy to do (apart from the girth!). I used to hack him out, bit of schooling & took him up the gallops & he was lovely (but yes I have to agree on the lazy part!) & he's...

I love the Prolite saddle pads! But I'm not sure about price differences etc.

Gatehouse HS1 hats are the best for what you want to do in my opinon- I work everyday & compete eventing in mine- comfy & one of the safest around!- Well worth the money. As for shoulder pads I would say yes you may as well have some as not a huge extra cost and have been previously...

To give you a rough idea- I know of a rising 4 year old mare who was bought unbroken at Goresbridge sales in Sept '09 by Master Imp- has since been broken & is just playing about at home- but not done much- she is for sale for £5000 so would think that yours is probably worth putting on the...

I thought about getting a Trrehouse event shirt a couple of years ago and then found exactly what you have- V EXPENSIVE! I'm pretty sure that when it comes down to it there isn't much difference between a Treehouse one & a 'normal' highstreet long sleeved t shirt- I just went & bought a...

Where I am based we have 7 rising 4 year olds all bought from Goresbridge unbroken last year. They are all completely different from one another in build, brain and natural way of going (but they are all Irish). When they first arrived they were put out in the field to get over travelling etc...