We were unlucky with the weather again at Borde Hill this year. Those competing on the Saturday were blessed with a dry day, but the conditions on the Sunday when Alfie and I were competing were very wet. Alfie did a much better dressage test than he did at Tweseldown, although I don't feel the improvement was reflected in his mark of 43. He show jumped in abysmally wet and windy conditions, and did very well just to have one pole down, particularly as Borde Hill is renowned for the trickiness of the show jumping phase due to its undulating arena. By the time I set off cross country, the ground was very wet and muddy so I didn't go flat out for time, but Alfie coped well with the conditions and jumped a clear round with only a few time faults, leaving us 14th out of a big section of 38, so very pleased with him.