Love this event, one of the few Welsh events, it is tucked behind Chepstow on a compact site that is home to The David Broome Event centre.
Lots of riders had travelled from the depths of Wales but also there were a shed load of top names there, which meant prize givings were more like a Badminton or Burghley results list.
Both my boys went double clear with good dressage scores. Take It 2 The Top invented a succession of 3 bucks during a canter transition but still scored a 31.
It was a technical BE100 course almost the same as previous years, the house fence before the slope into the water seemed bigger and more fences were shared with the Novice. It is always an educational track, including a tricky sunken road that has an imposing house in and a narrower house as the "c" element, a double of forgiving brush skinnys positioned on sloping ground, then the penultimate fence is a coffin on a turn with the third element being a corner.
Top Gun came 5th and Take It 2 The Top 8th in the very hotly contested 5 year old section. Riders I coach also did well, Sue Peckham 11th and Tracey Jenkins 8th double clear.
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