Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2007 | Page 83

EQUESTRIAN

life

Prior planning and
preparation
In his regular column, international showjumper, Tim
Stockdale, famous for teaching celebrities to showjump
in the BBC programme Only Fools on Horses, talks
about his preparations for the Hickstead Derby, and
the injuries to his top horse Fresh Direct Corlato.

When we talked to Tim it
was late June, and Tim was
preparing to compete with
Animation II in the Hickstead