Warren farm unaffiliated ode

[mudmonkey17]

Has anybody been to warren farm to do a one day event? Have entered their one day event in 2 week time but have never been.

Only entered the beginner class at 2'3" as a confidence boost for both horse and myself after some falls doing xc at a higher height.

Going to craven for some schooling this week so hopefully be fully prepared but wondering what the ground like etc?

 

[Scoundrel]

I did the last one;
Dressage ground was firm but we were in the middle of a heatwave! and had plenty of room to warm up - arenas on grass pretty flat for grass
SJ warmup ok-on a surface - lots of people who didn't know you jump red to the right but suppose you cant have everything. The course was nice and flowing and plenty of room in the grass arena - much better ground than for the dressage.
XC - umm interesting nothing has flags so you need a keen eye and some rather random tough combinations on what is on the whole a fairly basic course with some working hunter style fences in with the mix. Its very flat has no water.
The xc ground when I went was appalling went from absolutely rock hard to really deep sand and there were big rocks sticking up all over the place. I pulled up after fence 6 despite being in the lead - as it had really knocked his confidence and he went really green so just wasn't worth it.
So if its rained quite a lot (very sandy so suppose it can take it) I'd say go but be prepared to nurse him round the xc.
But pretty sure you can find somewhere else with better ground this time of year
Hope this helps

 

[Baggybreeches]

Hi my mum actually runs the dressage and the xc start and numbers the course.
1. Yes it is basic but as somewhere to take a youngster/green/nervous horse I would thoroughly recommend it. The dressage is flat with plenty of room, the sj course is always fair and without 'poetic license' used in the height description. The XC is pretty basic but ALL of the fences are either properly secured or knockdown.
2. The ground is sandy and flat all the way round except on the track (which does have the odd stone and rock) and yes it may get harder during a hot spell but I think you would struggle to find better natural ground anywhere. The large sandy areas (which were especially deep during the heatwave dry weather=deep sand) are around the gateways to each field so you would be slowing down anyway (one would hope).

In conclusion I would (and my opinion only) suggest that there are a great many people who would do well to learn their craft around basic courses like this before going on to BE and then complaining because they found things to difficult.

Scoundrel: not sure which way round they were running it and where/what fence 6 was but I would suggest there may have been something underlying with your horses legs if he wasn't enjoying himself. Was he a little jarred up previously?