Tim Stockdale says thanks for the Get Well Soon messages
Showjumper Tim Stockdale and his wife Laura have asked H&H to relay their thanks to the hundreds of well-wishers who have sent emails and posted comments on Tim’s Facebook page since he broke his neck in two places.
The accident happened on 17 October when the Olympic showjumper was trying a young horse in north Wales.
Tim, 47, was taken to Shrewsbury Hospital and moved to the spinal unit at Oswestry on Wednesday (19 October).
Laura told H&H today: “We have been inundated with messages wishing Tim a speedy recovery from so many people that we do not know, but who are obviously supporters of British showjumping.
“Tim has been very surprised by the reaction and very touched – I read out a load of them to him last night and he’s really taken aback by how kind people have been.”
She said other riders have also offered their help to take Tim’s horses to competitions for him.
Tim is recovering well but will be confined to bed for the next six weeks, and Laura hopes he may be transferred to a hospital a little closer to their Northamptonshire home.
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“Tim spoke to the specialist this morning and we are hopeful he might be able to move to Stoke Mandeville soon, which will make things a little bit easier for us.”
Read more in this week’s Horse & Hound out on 27 October
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.