Just been to walk the course at Prestwold BE - very happy with the PN (good job - I'm jumping it tomorrow) but thought the Intro was very chunky - or am I just losing the plot?!
whats the ground like, the usual mudbath? Prob wont go now as not sure of ground, as practicing today, a tree fell by my horse, bolted away from noice (don't blame him) and think he's twicked a muscle, vet says up to me what i do? Is the ground worth leaving at 4am to go, or shall i wait till Draycott on Sunday?
organisers say still going ahead at the mo!
It was my first intro last year & I thought it was perfect, If they havent changed it, it was just lots of big inviting hedges! Suited my Irish bog-trotter down to the ground anyway!
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oh HHM, that is such a pain and so unlike her (corect me if I am wrong
) She flew roud MM like a pro so must have been something bothering her - silly poeple!
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No, you're right it's not like her at all. She was majorly spooked by something the other side, and that was that. Had to give up.
Trouble is (and it may be a mare thing) if they get something in their heads you can't for love nor money change their minds and she was not going to go near whatever it was no matter what I did. Very embarrassing, esp with our first PN next weekend......!
Took her for a blast afterward outside the competition (it's on an old airfield) away from any signs of life and she was quite happy then. Chalk it down to experience (even more of a bugger as she was clear SJ and behaved in the dressage!)
We had a silly stop at the corner, horse never stopped with daughter before but slammed the brakes on at the molichop bags on the top. Frustrating but part of the learning curve. We wondered if beefed up for PNRF and IRF.
Agree the intro is beefy - and to be honest a little bit weighted towards the first half of the course - once the double of brushes are out of the way at 7 I think it gets kinder......
The ground is really good - they have aerovated the whole track not just take off and landings.
Agree with all comments - ground was good but heavy rain forecast for tonight & tomorrow! It was really windy today and loads of horses were being spooked. I saw loads have stops at numb 2 and the corner at numb 5 (including several 4* eventers on youngsters). Def some changes from last year - and it was an IRF & PNRF then wasn't it?
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Agree with all comments - ground was good but heavy rain forecast for tonight & tomorrow! It was really windy today and loads of horses were being spooked. I saw loads have stops at numb 2 and the corner at numb 5 (including several 4* eventers on youngsters). Def some changes from last year - and it was an IRF & PNRF then wasn't it?
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Glad it wasn't just me then, and if the pros were having problems I don't feel half so bad