Riseholme is part of Lincoln University campus and specialises in Department of Agriculture and Land-based Sciences. The University of Lincoln's Riseholme Campus has been designated as a 2012 Olympic training camp for equestrian sports. 

The dressage arena, marathon obstacles and the cones course were constructed the day before the event.  Angela and Greg designed the cones course which consisted of 10 sets of cones that were used twice, by driving the first ten and then turning around to do the same cones in reverse, four obstacles were constructed using the existing terrain and trees and this year we were able to use the old golf course to spread the obstacles and increase the marathon distance.

 Sunday saw the novice class start the dressage and this was won by Gill Patrick, 59 penalties, driving her daughter’s pony Joey, Gill was closely followed by husband Nigel just 2 penalties adrift. The open class was won convincingly by Sarah Braybrook with 68 penalties.

 The cones course held some surprises and it is the first time the club have used the reverse route strategy. The results were mixed but no one got eliminated unlike the Honington cones course that claimed several competitors. The Novice class was won by Sue Smith with 3 down but the fastest run of the day. The open class was won by Duncan Seth-Smith who completed the only clear round of the day.

The first obstacle in the afternoon was set in the woods and it was a fairly straight forward circle Nigel Patrick was quickest novice while Duncan S-S took the open from Sarah Braybrook. Obstacle 2 was set in the Bomb hole and the first three gates were all visible with the last gates on top of the far bank. Gill Patrick took the novice win while Duncan S-S  had obviously fed Rambo on Red Bull and took the open win.

 The route then took competitors out of the woods and onto the old golf course to obstacle 3, set in a spinney at the edge of the fairway. This one was quite twisty with several rein changes. Nigel Patrick [45.6secs] took the novice win from wife Gill [49secs] Team Rambo took the open win followed by Sarh Braybrook in second.  

The course zig zagged around the golf course to the final obstacle again set in the trees dividing the old fairways. Nigel Patrick again took the novice win from wife Gill while Duncan Seth-Smith pulled out all the stops, cut corners through the trees and overhanging branches to gain extra seconds and took the open class. 

Next year we hope to get the water obstacle upgraded and included in the course which will just add the final touch.