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If a saddle fits correctly without a sheepskin or polypad then using one will alter the fit and may cause pinching at withers. One of my horses only has one saddle so it gets used for daily exercise, hacking, jumping, XC, dressage and eventing - oh and hunting. It is foam panel Chiberta and...

Charles Owen J3. Now on my third one but if I had to buy a new hat every time I fell off then it would cost me £1000s per year.

It is down on the meet card as OJD ie Optional Jump Day so there will be two field masters but I think we all know which hedges Graham will be jumping!

Personally I think the worst offenders are those being 'instructed' during the warm up by mum or other helper. They are so focused on listening to the instructions that they forget to think for themselves about where they are going or what is happening around them.

My horse did a front susp lig and after a year off came back 100% sound and strong. No further problems and hunted bigger and better than before.

I am not sure what to say about the BE100 SJ at Moreton Morrell. My mare jumped easy clear but perhaps we just got lucky. Would be interested to hear why Super_Rascal thought it was worst SJ track this year. Just 'cos there were hardly any clear rounds doesn't make it a bad track.

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Yeah, I did the PreNov on saturday. The SJ course was twisty and in a pretty small arena. We took shortcuts where possible and managed clear in the time but saw lots of people coming out shaking their heads as a clear but with time pens was announced. Its a few years since I have done Solihull...