Tweseldown

The Ready4Trouble Challenge kicks off on Monday 🤩 Click here to find out more: https://thelucindagreenacademy.com/ready-for-trouble-challenge/

Poor Lottie had a major Challenge to stay on Mumble. Although, there was something she could have done better. When she approached the fence she went ever so slightly before her horse - it is very hard to see but in these instances the horse feels everything even if we don’t. And in this case Mumble took advantage and she was ejected out of the saddle. Imagine being able to deal with any stop or run out before it happens. Or, surviving spooks, spins, bucks and unexpected jolts. When you are, "Ready4Trouble", falling off, losing your balance, refusals and run outs will be few and far between. It is for this reason that Lucinda has created her “Ready4Trouble” Challenge. This is why Lucinda has created The “Ready4Trouble” Challenge - to help riders understand, prepare and avoid potential trouble like: ✅Spooking ✅Tripping ✅Taking off ✅Stopping ✅Running out ✅Spinning ✅Bucking ✅Rearing Join the Challenge: https://thelucindagreenacademy.com/ready-for-trouble-challenge/ The Challenge includes 14 days of: ✅Video Learnings ✅Live Masterclasses with Lucinda ✅Live Q&A’s with Lucinda ✅Amazing community of like minded riders ✅Access to Coaching via a private FB group ✅Access to 50 plus years of Lucinda’s experience Are you up for the Challenge? Click here to join: https://thelucindagreenacademy.com/ready-for-trouble-challenge/ Entries close Monday, Sept 9th, 2024

First and foremost - Amanda was ok after this fall. As Lucinda discusses in her comments, Amanda jumped ever so slightly before her horse which made it hard for the horse to stay in balance and take off. But how do you make sure you don’t do this? It is for this reason (and many others) that Lucinda has created her “Ready4Trouble” Challenge. Imagine being able to deal with any stop or run out before it happens. Or surviving spooks, spins, bucks and unexpected jolts. When you are "Ready4Trouble", falling off, losing your balance, refusals and run outs will be few and far between. You don’t need the “Ready4Trouble” position JUST for jumping. Trouble can find you anywhere, out hacking, in the dressage arena or in the school. This Challenge is designed for all riders who do not want to fall off. Join the “Ready4Trouble” Challenge here: https://thelucindagreenacademy.com/ready-for-trouble-challenge The Challenge includes 14 days of: ✅Video Learnings ✅Live Masterclasses with Lucinda ✅Live Q&A’s with Lucinda ✅Amazing community of like minded riders ✅Access to Coaching via a private FB group ✅Access to 50 plus years of Lucinda’s experience Are you up for the Challenge? Click here to Join: https://thelucindagreenacademy.com/ready-for-trouble-challenge Entries close Monday, Sept 9th, 2024

5th Leg

Lucinda’s Free 5th Leg Workshop starts tonight. Sign up here 👇 https://thelucindagreenacademy.com/5th-leg-workshop/

While the ground is hard don’t give up on XC training. One of Lucinda Green’s favourite quotes is “Before you go fast you must go slow” and using terrain and small jumps is the perfect way to hone yours and your horses skills. We have several areas around the site where you can do this using water, ditches, steps and terrain. Wonderful for training footwork, reactions and balance (for you and the horse). Email us if you would like to use these areas and we will book you in! [email protected]

Entries close tomorrow for Sunday’s Mini Cup Challenge Qualifier 🏆 Enter here: www.tweseldown.co.uk

The Tweseldown Team were so so impressed with the Mini Cup riders today. The dogged determination not to give up even when some of the ponies weren’t on their best behaviour and the rain poured down. Some of you may be a bit disappointed not to have a clear round but it wasn’t the clear rounds that impressed Rachael today. It was the riders who didn’t give up and kept on riding until the end even when it wasn’t goi g to plan 💪See you on August 18th for the next Mini Cup Qualifier!

Good Luck to all our competitors today. 🍀

The team have arrived for day 2 of our BE Horse Trial and we have a very special birthday. Suzanne’s Garner is one of Tweseldown’s longest standing volunteers and is responsible for all of the XC scores going up so quickly. Please show your love and wish Suzanne Happy Birthday 🥳

BE Horse Trial

💥Ground Update💥 and being busted by our course builder Dominic Moore 😂. Times are up for our @britisheventing Horse Trial this weekend and the courses are open to walk from 2 pm tomorrow.

The Mini Cup

The 1st leg of the Mini Cup (July 21st) is open to enter. Go to www.tweseldown.co.uk to see the schedule and to enter. This is a fun competition for children and adults to get a taste of competition without the stress 🤩🤩🏆🏆

💥July BE & 3 Phase Training Update💥Update and Saturday is now full. Space available on Sunday but they will fill up fast.To enter the 3 phase training (80,90,100) go to www.tweseldown.co.uk. It is a judged dressage test, clear round SJ & XC. Very low key. You can retake fences and school you way around or use as a practice competition.

Rare Birds at Tweseldown

Have you ever wondered why we have no schooler signs dotted around the site at Tweseldown. Aside from protecting the BE XC tracks we also want to ensure the safety of the 3 very rare species of birds that have moved back to Tweseldown (Woodlark, Nightjar and Dartford Warbler) A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) Tweseldown had been declared “unfavourable and declining” when we took over 10 years ago. With the help of John Eyre and Jim Baldwin (affectionately known as the “2 Js”) along with Elliot Fairs, Natural England and MOD ecologist Sarah Jupp the Heathland is now in “Favourable Condition” which is a huge accomplishment and one we are very proud of. We have thoroughly enjoyed Heathland Management and feel a great sense of pride seeing so many rare species of birds, reptiles and insects inhabiting Tweseldown again.

☀️What’s on at Tweseldown?☀️. All the flagged BE courses are open for schooling for the next 10 days. Afternoon 💥3 phase training💥May 21st starting at 2:00. 90cm & 100cm. A judged dressage test, followed straight away by SJ and then onto XC. Everything done in XC kit (unless you want to change tack/clothes.No plaiting, very relaxed. Full BE XC tracks.To enter click here: www.tweseldown.co.uk

Top tips from our rider rep. How to rider the British Eventing Official water 💧💧

Are you struggling to to find Ian the XC Steward? - cross the road, go straight through the baby jump field. When you reach the end of the fencing turn right and you will see him!

BE UPDATE

☀️Event Update☀️ We had a huge amount of rain on Monday which has left the XC very wet at the bottom of the site. We will definitely be running but may have to take a few fences out. We will make the decision tomorrow. There are closures on the M25 over the weekend so please check this doesn’t affect your journey. We could do with a few more fence judges on the weekend. If you fancy a day at Tweseldown please email [email protected] 🤩 We also need a dressage sheet collector on Friday. Please email [email protected]

Only a few days until our 3rd British Eventing Official Horse Trial. The weather looks amazing and we have a full entry 🤩. We were worried that running on the same weekend as Badminton Horse Trials would affect our event but luckily we have filled up. We do have a few holes in our volunteer team: Friday we need a SJ steward. Saturday & Sunday we need a few XC fence judges If you fancy sitting in the sunshine, watching horses and being served yummy food and treats do email us at: [email protected] for jump judging [email protected] for the SJ steward position. ☀️🐎☀️🐎☀️🐎☀️🐎☀️🐎

Thank you video No 2 … and I still left 2 people off 🤦‍♀️. A massive thank you to show jump steward Jackie Barber & Sue Goff in finish! To enter the Eventer Challenge on April 13th go to 👉👉 www.tweseldown.com

HUGE Huge Huge thanks you to each and every person who made British Eventing Official Tweseldown X Horse Trials run this weekend. You will not believe how many people it takes to run an event - nearly 6 minutes worth of names 🤣 I forgot my dad Frank!!!! Another IT genius!