Sapey Novice, views?

[ahml100]

Could someone possibly give me an idea on what Sapey novice is like? I have never competed at the venue and was wondering what other peoples views were on it, before i make the plunge and enter. Horse in question is confident jumper, yet to have an xc fault and will have had 2 Be100 runs before hand. We have jumped a couple of novices last season.

Thank you!

 

[milliepops]

thought some of the current eventers would have answered you by now! I haven't been there for years so I doubt my information is of any use, but it was mostly straightforward in those days, a nice early novice. Either way I've bumped it a bit

 

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I love Sapey as a venue - they are very protective of their ground so tend to cancel if the ground isn't quite right, their courses are well built and relatively straightforward IMHO (not that I have ever evented at Novice level!)

The course designer has changed this year and is now Lucy Wiegersma, so possibly slightly more of an unknown quantity this year?

 

[mil1212]

The first thing to know about Sapey is it's a pig of a journey! Quite old fashioned, and it has been quite straightforward at all levels but the last time I walked the Novice I thought it had several tough questions, a curving line of open corners running down the hill, rail ditch arrowhead and the water was a decent question (I didn't run my established Novice horse as I felt the ground too hard!). That was the Sapey 2 a couple of years ago and I guess if the course designer has changed it is an unknown really. The layout is lovely and the showjumping fair.

 

[ahml100]

Thank you!

 

[pottypony1]

I have never been, however if you have a look on shoestringeventing.co.uk, there is pictures of nearly every events XC courses on there! My go to for checking out any new courses!