first over night show...any tips guys?

[xmariax]

im off to royal london on fri (soooo excited) never been to an over nite show before so i dont really know what to expect??
anybody got any tips for me what to take other than usual show stuff???
has anybody else been or going????

 

[magicgirl]

Make sure you take enough changes of clothes in case you keep getting wet and enough bedding to keep warm. I ended up with the new zealand my bed at Arena Uk on Friday as it was so much colder than I thought.

 

[xmariax]

thats the bit im not looking forward to i hate camping...mums havin the bed in the horsebox im in the tent !

 

[Collytown]

We are going too. Dont forget to take something glitzy to wear in case you make into the evening championship.

We are coming from Guernsey so literally have to take everything.

Have been going for last 3 years and its great fun, hope to meet you, i will have a little piebald shetland that will probably spend most of his time on his back legs for the first day. you just have to love them.

 

[xmariax]

very much doubt to make evenin lol!!!!!....im doin the cob class you cant miss me he waves his tongue about lol !

 

[Collytown]

You never know, the first year i went we got into the evening championship, really didnt expect to get there.

 

[xmariax]

fingers crossed then!!!... hope u have a lovely time and gd luck x

 

[Collytown]

good luck to you too, are you there for the 3 days

 

[xmariax]

no goin home on sat

 

[Collytown]

Are you not going for the championship classes cause if i remember rightly Friday is the warm up show, and if you qualify in that then you can go into the other classes for the championship show.

 

[xmariax]

i have already quailifed for cob class which is on fri i think...i hope!!!!
the cob champs is on sunday i think im sure i wont get that far

 

[xmariax]

im off to get schedule lol!!!

 

[xmariax]

yep im riding friday...phew!!!!
there is a warm up cob class fri too, im not doin that tho
think the winners stay til sunday for evening performance not sure!

 

[Collytown]

I had to get schedule too, your right cob classes are on Friday

 

[Collytown]

good luck hope you do well and then have to stay for Sunday champs

 

[chunklovescooks]

I'd just take the stuff you use day to day. Not much help I'm afraid

S

 

[miss_c]

Exciting! Genie qualified for the cob, but didn't enter cos of transport... Have now bought a horsebox so could have gone! We definately wouldn't have got past Friday though so I'm not too worried! Happy to have qualified!

Hope it goes well! Normal showing stuff plus LOTS of clothes, toilet paper (a MUST as it's bound to run out), drinks and food (to save money), can you buy hay and bedding on site? Feed for horse, mucking out tools possibly?

 

[Bert&Maud]

Never been to Royal London, but had my first weekend away at RC Champs at the beginning of August with a friend who insisted we took the wheelbarrow (she's an old hand at camping with horses!). I thought she was mad but was so glad we took it, not only for feed, bedding, hay etc, but it was really useful taking all of the tack, kit, grooming gear etc from the lorry to the stables. Good luck and have fun!