Polly Stockton (born 23 October 1973) is a British event rider. Stockton is a member of the British World Class Performance squad. She attended Adcote School in Shropshire. Stockton has had a successful career as a young rider; she won the team gold at the 1994 European Young Rider Championships and was the British National Champion in 1999. At Senior level she won at Blenheim and Windsor in 1998. She was selected to take part in the British team at the

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in Jerez in 2002. Stockton also finished second in Burghley in 2002, 2007 and 2009. Stockton finished fourth in the 2009 British Open Championship. In September 2009, Stockton finished second at the

Burghley Horse Trials The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three-day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September. Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is classified by the FEI as one of the six leading th ...

. Riding Westwood Poser, she rode clear rounds in both cross-country and

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phases, moving up from 16th place after the

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phase. She is married to British car racing driver

Chris Stockton Christopher Stockton (born 5 April 1969) is a British auto racing driver, who is known for his efforts in the British Touring Car Championship, and British and International GT racing Racing career Early years Born in Chester, Stockton won 1 ...

. Stockton's future top horses include Benromach, Imperial Trump and Ortolan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stockton, Polly 1973 births British event riders Living people People educated at Adcote School for Girls British female equestrians