Joe Stockdale picks the horse he needs he might have ridden

Suppose your Christmas stocking contained a journey on the horse of your desires… We discover out which superstars of yesteryear this prime rider would like to attempt

Joe Stockdale has shortly change into an enormous identify after making his senior championship crew debut on the 2021 Europeans. Most lately, he was a part of the bronze medal-winning squad on the World Championships in Herning, and whereas cricket was on the forefront whereas rising up, there was one mare of his father’s, the late Tim Stockdale, that caught his consideration.

“The horse I would love to have ridden is Contemporary Direct Corlato, the mare my dad took to the 2008 Beijing Olympics,” says Joe.

“I keep in mind she was a cussed mare. If she didn’t need to go within the wash field at some point, then there was no likelihood of getting her in there – she was a kind of varieties. However if you happen to received her on aspect, then she’d actually combat for you.”

Tim Stockdale and Contemporary Direct Corlato in Hong Kong in 2008

Tim and the eye-catching gray completed better of the Brits in Beijing after they had been sixteenth individually. The yr earlier than, they gained the 2007 Royal Windsor grand prix, and in 2009 had been a part of the British crew on the European Championships, held on residence soil at Windsor.

“On the time, I used to be too younger to journey her – I used to be eight when my dad was on the Olympics, however it will be good to have the possibility to journey her now. I feel I’ve received a mare able to going to the Olympics, Equine America Cacharel, and it will be actually fascinating to have the ability to examine them,” says Joe Stockdale.

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