A LOT has changed since I wrote my last column in January. Back then, I was preparing for the five-star show in Basel and looking forward to a season with a team of top-level international jumpers that I had developed over the last two years.

At Basel, the show went well and I had three top-six placings and an unfortunate last fence down in the Grand Prix. But after driving home with the horses that night, it was all to change the following day.