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Congrats terrierliz on your tickets - great news! I appreciate what you're saying AprilBlossom in terms of the cost being par for course re hospitality - it's a spendy business in general of course. My sadness at this is that the Olympics on home turf is in all probability a once in a...

Has anyone seen on the 2012 site there is a 'prestige' ticket offer - based on a hospitality package? My jaw has just hit the ground - the cost per person for the cross country day is £795! It includes a croissant breakfast, lunch and 'traditional' tea + a marquee to sit in should it...

Does anyone have any views on the best brands of jumping saddles that help keep your legs in the right position? My K2 is lovely but is pushing my legs forward. I've read other posts that say they've found the same thing with the K2. I think it's probably to do with the block behind the...

Southwood Manor Equestrian is fantastic. It's in Hersham and I know liveries go there from Putney, Wandsworth and Richmond. Great facilities, good turnout, horsewalker, canter track on site, nice boxes, lovely staff, very nice liveries. I was there 3 years before moving to the west of...

Thanks for your comments and for bumping the thread. Good to see votes for Evolution - I will definitely check them out. Looking at other threads on this subject there seems to be a lot of controversy over payloads. In a nutshell, general consensus is that if carrying a 16hh horse, the 3.5...

I'm planning to buy a 3.5 ton - probably a Movano type (I used to have an Iveco but want something more economical). I've heard Evolution are good and also Marlborough - but Select, Regent and some of the others also sound good. Does anyone have any recommendations re reliability/price/good...