Camilla and Jake did a lovely test to score 36.8. It was a shame marks were lost when Jake broke into canter early on, he saw the white boards, and seemed convinced they were to be jumped! It was a flowing active test, the atmosphere was tense and the high white boards often cause horses to back off and shorten their stride. Jake was very pleased with himself and looked stunning and Camilla did a super job keeping him calm and riding an accurate test.I walked the XC with Camilla in the evening. It is a long (6 mins 30 secs) straightforward course. A log on the brow of a hill is the first early question, it will need plenty of energy and a short powerful canter. The brush to the inviting ditch should only cause trouble for those that over jump the ditch, but even then there is plenty of room (3 strides) to get reins back to jump the angled brush out. There is a large brush spread just out of the water, cleverly positioned just on the downward slope, I think if you end up with long reins and a flat canter to this it will cause a problem. The only other real problem comes one from home at a corner, its an easy one but nearer a BE100 question with no Xmas tree to hold you in line.
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