BE 80 Could someone give me some tips and info?

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Evening everyone,
AS per title im looing to event my young horse probably next season now but i have been told today of BE80 apparently pre intro ..Good for young horses. I was thinking i would have to go straight into intro .
I have looked at the BE website but have failed to find out fence heights etc.
So could anyone tell me what height are the actual SJ and the XC fences and what kind of height would you like to be jumping at home before you would be entering?
Thank you in advance :)
 
The clue is in the name - it will be around 80cm.

The height you should be jumping at home should be sufficient that you get into the ring or out on the course feeling confident rather than "Oooh that's big".

This page gives specs. There is a whole section on BE80(T) on the website.
 
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There is two fences at 85 in the showjumping, the rest at 80.

x.c. is 80 max. Brush fences maybe a bit bigger.

Great for a first run!
 
Just remember that at whatever level you do BE, they could look much more imposing than you think... Our local rc 90cm doesn't come anywhere near a BE 90.. On the other hand, there are trainers there at the BE80s who will help you with course walks and warming up, so they're v friendly. I've only seen Stafford BE80 course, but I would have taken my youngster there this year if I'd not got injured!!
 
http://www.britisheventing.com/page.asp?section=864&sectionTitle=Guidelines+for+BE80(T)

hope this link helps you. I did the Iping 80t this weekend as my first 80t, um intersting !!! i have walked alot of xc courses up to 1* and to be honest this was not the most inviting ! hilly, twisty and steep in parts,it also contained a ditch, which we were quite suprised to see at training level. The water is just a walk through, no jump involved. At Iping some of the jumps were intro jumps. Aston Le Walls have a lovely un affiliated pre intro a couple of times in the year. Also doing the 80t at Mattingly next weekend so will let you know what we find there :)
 
queenb said:
http://www.britisheventing.com/page.asp?section=864&sectionTitle=Guidelines+for+BE80(T)

hope this link helps you. I did the Iping 80t this weekend as my first 80t, um intersting !!! i have walked alot of xc courses up to 1* and to be honest this was not the most inviting ! hilly, twisty and steep in parts,it also contained a ditch, which we were quite suprised to see at training level. The water is just a walk through, no jump involved. At Iping some of the jumps were intro jumps. Aston Le Walls have a lovely un affiliated pre intro a couple of times in the year. Also doing the 80t at Mattingly next weekend so will let you know what we find there :)
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Mattingly is lovely, looks an easy course for the 80t, there was one ditch last year?
 
Aston do have a lovely pre-intro course however, and we only discovered this after the 2.5hr journey there its not pre-intro as in 80, but like 65/70cm if that. Mattingly is lovely but this is the last year it will be held there.

In my opinion if you are planning on eventing your horse and had planned to start at 90 then you have a year. BE is so expensive you would be better off having an early Open pony club or riding club event at fraction of price and then doing a nice first 90. The BE schedules are pretty good in course descriptions of whether they will be up to height etc.

If the horse is comfortable at British Novice sj BE90 will be nothing
 
BE website gives you the XC guidelines for each level http://www.britisheventing.com/section.asp?section=867&sectionTitle=CROSS+COUNTRY+RIDING+GUIDELINES
ie what fences will be incldued and what you should feel happy doing, e.g. 80T should include a ditch, simple step up and down, water splash etc

for the area I live in, there are no 80Ts until July, hence my plan is to do some unaffiliated ODEs for the first half of the year and then 80t or 90 depending on our confidence.

hope that helps
 
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