BEING selected was a relief after repeatedly being the first reserve over the past few years. I was hopeful after second at Luhmühlen in June, but the selectors keep their cards close to their chest, so I didn’t have any inkling one way or the other.
We had a final camp at the British Showjumping Centre at Home Farm in Northamptonshire, which was a great opportunity to concentrate on the team horses. There’s always a good showjumping course built there and we also did some test riding.
There was also time for some pool volleyball - we had a riders’ team, a staff team and a grooms’ team, so that was less serious and good for team building.
WE left in the early hours of Monday I drove out in the lorry with Vendredi Biats (Froggy), my husband Ben and groom Chloe Fry. Laura Collett also had just her horse, London 52, on the lorry while Tom Jackson and Tom McEwen travelled together and Yasmin Ingham and Ros Canter paired up.
