One simply feels good there and the atmosphere is very familial and cosy. It is also exciting, of course: Rod Stewart performed live on stage and a lot of other celebrities also joined us: John Travolta, Naomi Campbell and Gerard Depardieu. Even Dieter Bohlen came along and sang a tune. And this is just to mention a few. It was really quite funny.

And now for sports: Venus was really good. On the first day, he stayed clear. On the second, he also jumped very well, then incurred a fault, unfortunately, and then it was me. I rode towards the last obstacle with some verve and it all worked exactly as I had thought – a good feeling. But then I was a bit confused because the clock didn´t stop, although I had long since crossed the finish line. Well, what had happen was that being a bit overzealous then I had taken the wrong obstacle. Can´t be helped......On the Sunday, Venus was clear again and got a second ribbon. That was great.

Vampire and Gert-Jan also did well, all things considered, but they also had bad luck. Our youngster Qudo had once again shown what he is capable of with Gert-Jan and stayed clear twice. And with Caroline, I made real progress. I wanted to change something and gave her a new bit. That was a no go. So I changed it back and h