Tim Stockdale

Who is Tim Stockdale?

Tim Stockdale is an English equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.

Stockdale competes in international competitions and rides a number of horses, owned by both himself and others. He has written a number of books and produced a three-part training video titled Successful Showjumping With Tim Stockdale.

Tim has had a very successful show jumping career on a number of different horses. In 2000, he and Traxdata Winston Bridget placed 6th in the London Olympia CSIW Grand Prix. In 2002, he represented Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games in Jerez with Fresh Direct Parcival. 2006 saw Tim narrowly miss out on the Olympia Grand Prix title to Eugenie Angot, coming 2nd on Fresh Direct Corlato, a mare with whom greater things were to come. Stockdale had a banner year in 2007 winning the Nantes Grand Prix and Bordeaux Grand Prix with Corlato on consecutive weekends, as well as placing fifth in the CN International "Million Dollar" Grand Prix.

Tim's eyes were firmly set on getting to the Beijing Olympics in 2008, shown most poignantly by his decision not to take his qualified place at the FEI World Cup Finals in Gothenburg. His performances at the Samsung Super League Nations' Cup competitions at Rome and St Gallen were enough to cement him a place on the 2008 squad, all the more impressive due to the fact that he had produced his horse from a four year-old. Despite the British team finishing 6th, Tim qualified for the individual final, producing a clear in the first round, one of just nine riders to do so. Unfortunately, he was unable to repeat his performance in the second round; finishing best of the British nonetheless in 16th place.