"On Monday, I hacked Harry (Azeb) and Brian (Opposition Express) and then went to the gallops with Bob (Good Sport II) and Flo (Charmed) – they went up twice and did well in the heat and have retained their fitness, which is excellent.

Tuesday was marked by dressage at Keysoe with Bob (Good Sport II), Jasper (Tankers Town), Bruno (Ultimate Opposition) and Kenny (Kenny).

My aim was to practise in the arena and produce some calm, quiet tests. Kenny won both of his tests so I was delighted. Jasper also won, with 74 per cent in the elementary and just slightly lower in the advanced medium.

Bruno was third and second and performed very good, solid tests. I worked Bob; he is a pleasure to ride and just picks up from where we left off last time – he has the most fantastic paces, so I hope to do some great tests later this year.

I had a busy day on Wednesday. I schooled Bob, Joe (Jorrocks Curtis), Flo and Beanie (Breeze IV) who all went very well, before leaving with Kenny and Brian for XC training. Kenny was good – he just needs to build his confidence at water fences and so we’re practising that.

Brian had his first trip out and was unbelievably good – he has such an excellent attitude. He was very settled, so I jumped a few XC fences, logs, ditches, drops and water and he was superb. He is such a good jumper and I am very excited about him. He is such a neat, tidy and natural jumper that it will be interesting to see if he turns out to be more of a show jumper than an event horse, although as he's so brave XC I’d say it will be the latter.

I then did some teaching for the Event Horse Owners Association (EHOA) for one group of three riders, followed by a little demo with Romeo over some fences.

On Thursday, I hacked Jasper – something I don't do enough of – who is wonderful to take out whatever the weather, and then I jumped Kenny, Joe, Harry and Flo. They all jumped well, especially Kenny who improves on a daily basis at the moment. I trotted Flo up afterwards and I think, devastatingly, that she is not happy with the current level of work and needs a holiday. This is so sad as she is a serious 4* horse – I do hope she won't need too long off. I then left for the gallops with Dave (Mightaswell) and Romeo who both went up twice – I am hoping to get them super fit.

I schooled Beanie while Tiffany rode a couple too before we left for Little Downham with Valerie (Tiffany’s horse), Harry (to work), Joe and Kenny for the Intermediate. Both Joe and Kenny did good tests; Joe had a disappointing score as his test was better than a 38, but Kenny had a 33 and is improving all the time now. Joe jumped superbly in the show jumping and also went well XC for a good clear. I am really delighted with his performance and he came fourth in the Intermediate, which is brilliant. Sadly the ground was needing rain, so I went a good speed but it felt quite jarring and as a result Kenny had two down show jumping so I withdrew him.

On Sunday at Little Downham, Romeo did a good test for a 35 and Harry did a lovely test for the best mark in the section - 30! The rain then came down hard, but all that happened was we that had firm, slippery ground – not ideal! Romeo show jumped well but had one down in the middle of the combination and Harry jumped a beautiful clear. I decided not to run either of them XC, which was a shame as Harry would have definitely won.

Richard Maxwell then arrived to help me with the start box with both Jasper and Bruno. He firstly did some groundwork to help them relax and follow him so hopefully reducing the chances of any desire to not move forward. We then used the start box to practise with, and tried to make the experience quiet and calm, without stress.

Both were very good and I ran Bruno around a few fences so we're all set for Bramham. When I got home I unpacked the lorry as quickly as possible so I could watch the Apprentice, which I've really enjoyed watching and was quite surprised when Kate didn't win."