I have just realised that I have been very lax and haven't yet done my Tweseldown report! I do apologise! It turned out to be a very good start to the season. It is quite a trek to Tweseldown for us but I didn't mind because it meant sleep time because my mother drove. Belv was only doing the BE100 because I want him (and me) to have a nice, easy and enjoyable time!

He warmed up for the Dressage in his own quirky manner but without any issue or drama and proceeded to do a very acceptable test. I was originally aiming for a low 30's test but unfortunately I messed up the halt quite badly and we got a very fair mark of 35.5.

The Show Jumping was small, but this was perfect for Belv as I wanted a nice confident clear. And indeed that is exactly what he delivered. We tapped a few and were lucky at the second last but the poles all remained in their cups and that's what counts! So we were on our dressage score going into the cross country - excellent!

Finally the XC - after a few rears in the start box we set out and I very nearly went the wrong way along the intro course. Opps! After a hasty change of direction we popped fence one, kicked on and flew round the rest of the track. Unsurprisingly no problems, and we finished around 8 seconds under the optimum if I recall correctly. Unfortunately had we been a bit slower we would have been better placed in the end as there were four of us all on 35.5!

All in all a very successful first run - we finished on our Dressage score of 35.5 and came 12th. So no rosette unfortunately, but it was all very close! 8th was on 35.3 and 13th on 35.5!!
Now I am looking forward to Aldon on the weekend where Belv is doing the BE100 (HC) on Sat and Jack is doing the OIU21 on Sunday.