Feedback on Glanusk Horse Trials
From the outset in 2010, the team at Glanusk set their sights on providing great Cross Country Courses and most importantly great ground conditions which are such an important factor for riders and horses. Once again, these elements will be top of our list for 2012.
We have received some wonderful, and useful, feedback from competitors and visitors to the Glanusk International Horse Trials, a selection of which you can find below. If you have any comments please do get in touch, as we're always keen to improve and want to make 2012's event even better.
Zara Phillips
"It's been fantastic to be here at Glanusk...It's been a magnificent week, and what a setting, it really lends itself to a competition of this calibre"
William Fox Pitt
"It's excellent, it's clear they put a tremendous amount of effort into the Event and they have pulled it off.."
Tim Howe - Managing Director Racesafe
"It's been very successful, it's a brand new Event, it's a fantastic Event, it's going to grow and grow and is great to have such an International Event in Wales..."
George Clements - Director Equine America
Thank you so very much for a fantastic weekend. David was luck enough to do well in the JNC – and our photographs of him jumping your brilliant XC course are amazing. What a stunning venue – and thank you for making us feel so welcome. We look forward to next year!
Maggie Doel & David Doel
Dear Mrs Legge-Bourke, we have just attended the horse trials. What a treat to have riding of such a high standard in our own village! Our girls loved it – especially seeing William Fox-Pitt. Thanks for a fabulous event.
Duncan Fisher OBE
Hello, I returned home after a lovely weekend wearing a navy blue shirt with the ¾ length sleeves, bought at your event. My father was very jealous. I would like to purchase one in a mens medium if possible? Thank you for a lovely time.
Charlotte Burles
I just wanted to drop you a line and say what a lovely setting you have there for the event. It was a beautiful day on Saturday and I hope that you were pleased with the event.
Neil James, NS James Family Butchers
Just to say what a great four days we had. Everyone was so friendly and helpful it made it a pleasure to be part of the event (we are already looking forward to next year).
Glanusk is a beautiful venue and a lot of my customers were thrilled by the cross country courses. They said they were among the best that they had ridden. Please pass our congratulations on to all involved in the event and thank you for letting us be part of it.
Fran and Daniel, Frantastic Crepes
HI. Thoroughly enjoyed Saturday and Sunday, and will definitely support the event in future. The course and park were perfect and the trade stands excellent. Hope [the following critical] feedback is useful from a visitor perspective.
Ann Williams
I understand you had a great event... I’m really glad the first event went so well. My reporter thinks you will be deluged with entries next year as everyone was raving about it.
Julie Harding , Eventing
Just a quick note to say thank you for a great event. I hope you are pleased, most of the comments that I heard were very positive. And I lost ½ stone with all the walking – what a bonus!!
Sue and Emily Gresty
Thank you very much... it is the most idyllic 3 day setting and will hopefully grow into something really great. XC course was fab/weather good... (W.Fox.Pitt told me he was impressed) so once again thank you.
Stephen Arnett
Firstly congratulations on organising such a fantastic event, i heard loads of people saying good things about it on Sunday so well done!
Claudie Pink
That was a fabulous event and very much thanks to you all for putting so much effort into it. It did not appear to be the first event for 60 years, everything ran so smoothly and apparrently efficiently, everyone was so polite and helpful. We particularly liked your good quality stabling arrangements, we all had a lovely time and look forward to returning next year.
The Filmer family
I am just writing to a huge thank you for the horse trials held over the weekend. I was competing in the be90 class and had a lovely day. The course was fabulous, even though my mare didn’t like the first ‘barn’ much!!! She did it 3rd time though. Thank you again, it was being at a mini badminton for me!
Sally Miles
Hi. Just wanted to congratulate everybody involved in making this show happen. As an owner (who lives locally) of a horse competing at glanusk i felt enormously proud of an event of such potential being created in our lovely county. Well done.
Martyn Kings
Just a note to say a huge thank you to you and the team at Glanusk for such a fabulous few days. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay for the CCI* JNC and appreciate all the enormous amount of work that was put into it. What you have created is fantastic and hope that this is a long term fixture.
Miranda and Will Rawlin
Having just returned from the inaugural event at Glanusk, where my daughter competed (and won) in the JRN, I would like to say how refreshing it was to see eventing returning to its roots and providing a real XC challenge where horse and rider were rewarded for their skills and courage. Too many events are now being won on the dressage and it was great for Hannah to have the opportunity to ride such a well designed and bold XC course.
Judith and Hannah Ford
I just wanted to say a big thank you to you and everyone at Glanusk estate for a wonderful few days. I hope it was a success for you, I know the feedback from everyone I spoke to was positive.
Andy, coffee supplier in the main arena
Thank you all so so much we had the most fabulous time at Glanusk and it is a really beautiful venue for an event. The course was so fabulous and beautifully built. We are looking forward to next year!
Alex Martin