"Training has been going well and I am really looking forward to going over to Mannheim in a few weeks. I have been having lots of training and practising my tests, especially my freestyle as I have only ridden it a few times. The horses are travelling to Kent to leave for Germany on 29th April and we fly out on Saturday 30th. We only have two days of competition; we have the individual on monday and the freestyle on tuesday so it is important that are horses are settled in as they do not have the team warm-up test like normal internationals.

I have also been asked to do a display at Tanya Larrigan's "The Magic of the Horse" an equestrian variety performance on Saturday 17th april at Towerlands. I am going to be doing this on my old horse Wald Minor as I think its a bit too much for JP just before such an important competition, I don't want him tired! I will be performing to music and the performance also features the famous Mini Marvels, jousting and 12 more amazing and amusing displays performed by some of the country's leading riders and horses. Its definitely not to be missed! Hope to see some of you there."