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Tim Stockdale
Putting the icing on the cake
When Island Life talked to Tim Stockdale in
the middle of May, Tim and his 17.1h grey
mare, Fresh Direct Corlato, had just finished
competing at Royal Windsor, Corlato's first
outdoor show of the season and part of Tim's
carefully constructed build-up programme of
events prior to the much-hoped
for Olympic selection.
“We're just exactly where
we want to be,” Tim said
of Corlato's Windsor
performance, where she was
fourth in the Grand Prix.
“We were early to go in the
jump-off and we had some
good horses behind us, but I
am very happy with how she
went.”
For the first time, the pair
qualified for the show jumping
84
World Cup final held in
Gothenburg, back in April,
but did not make the trip
to Sweden, taking the hard
decision to miss the show in
view of the importance of
competing at two shows in
Europe in May. It's always
been Tim's ambition to
compete in the World Cup
final, but his aim is the
Olympics and he's never had a
better opportunity to go.
Tim has nominated two Super
League Shows, in Rome, Italy
(22-25 May), and St Gallen in
Switzerland (29 May-1 June),
as his final Olympic Games
preparation and it is at these
two competitions that British
Team Selector Derek Ricketts
will be watching intently and
evaluating Tim and Corlato's
performance. It will very much
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