Polly Stockton

Polly Stockton of Malpas Cheshire was destined to pursue a career involving horses, she has literally been riding before she could walk.

She first started to ‘learn her trade' through her local Pony Club and the JRN Programme. However it was her Young Rider horse Poggio, who gave Polly her first real taste of success when they were part of the gold medal winning team at the European Championships in 1995, where they also finished 6th individually too.

Polly was then offered the rides on Westlord and the former Andrew Nicholson's ride All Black by Arthur Comyn, who still remains a loyal owner of Polly's to this day. Together with her own The Tonka Toy and Jane Starkey's Davy, Polly then really started to make a name for herself on the eventing circuit, achieving good results at Punchestown, Bramham, Aschelswang and Burghley. She was subsequently lucky enough to take over the rides of Mary Rose Cooney's Eye Spy II, Mark Todd's Word For Word and Chris Bartle's Oscar, all of whom helped establish her as a force to be reckoned with at 4* level.

In 2003 she came tantalisingly close to winning the Kentucky CCI*** with her own Tangleman but was pipped at the post by Pippa Funnell en route to her historic Rolex Grand Slam.

Polly Stockton is currently a member of the British World Class Performance squad and has a string of some
20 horses. Her most recent notable results include 6th place at Badminton 2008 with Tom Quigley, who she
also rode into 2nd place at Burghley in 2007, beaten by just 1 point!