Olympic Games countdown diary: Jane Gregory

Welcome to my first Olympic diary. Training in Germany with Olympic medallist Ulla Salzgeber over the past year has been an unbelievable experience. It's been tough at times to leave the people and animals at home in Wiltshire, and commute to our flat in Germany, but it's also been amazing. When I arrived at Ulla's I thought she'd look at Lucky Star (Lusty), and see this short-legged, overweight rather boring grand prix horse. Instead, she and international rider Frank Freund both said 'this is a really fun horse', and I've loved every day there. Since the team was announced last Wednesday it's been manic. I went in for a radio show on Thursday morning, and on Friday I had a new top hat fitted. But the majority of this week has been taken up moving our lives back from Germany to Wiltshire so Lusty would have plenty of time to... [read full story]