Talk about ups and downs! We entered the week on a high celebrating the great British victories that took place all over the world in  showjumping, dressage and eventing. And then we woke up Monday morning with the sun shining and the grass looking greener than ever thinking ‘this will be a great week, bring on Badminton!’. And then in comes the news. Badminton is cancelled. We feel so sorry for the organisers, competitors, exhibitors, sponsors and everyone that was looking forward to going. Can’t be an easy decision to make for the organisers, don’t envy them at all. When we wished for rain earlier this month, this wasn’t exactly what we had in mind…

Instead of getting depressed that we’re missing our chance of going to Badminton for the first time ever. We’re gonna celebrate the latest great achievements delivered from the Brits. Just look at Charlotte Dujardin breaking the Grand Prix Special world record on the stunning Valegro, scoring 88.022%, in Hagen to standing ovations from the German crowd. And then William Fox-Pitt & Parklane Hawk wins the Rolex Kentucky three day event. And to show that show jumping is keeping pace, Nick Skelton & Big Star goes on to win the GP in Antwerpen.

Bring on the Olympics we say! And fingers crossed the weather Gods will be a little bit kinder to the eventers then.