Well this wasn't the most auspicious start to the 2015 competitive season! After a change of plans, I entered this last minute and the BE100 (which I wanted to enter) was full, so I ended up entering the Novice, which meant jumping in the evening. The warm up was outdoors under floodlights and he was jumping very well, really pinging and taking me into the jumps. Went into the indoor arena to compete and suddenly he was totally different, rather sticky and was backing off everything. Completed the show jumping part with lots of effort but eliminated in the cross country section. Back out to the warm up and he was jumping really well again, so we have assumed it was something to do with the lighting. With hindsight, the only other couple of times I've been eliminated on him have been jumping indoors having warmed up outdoors under floodlights, so there seems to be a pattern. So have decided to take him outdoors for the next outing over a 100 course and see what happens!