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Tim Thompson
Article by Alan Trout
Timothy Peter Thompson rode three winners on the Flat and another three over jumps. He began as an apprentice with Bryan McMahon and had his first victory at Warwick on July 6, 1988, when Ny Over took the lead inside the final furlong and held the fast-finishing Magic Kingdom by half a length to land the Jim Slater Apprentice Stakes.
Timothy Peter Thompson rode three winners on the Flat and another three over jumps. He began as an apprentice with Bryan McMahon and had his first victory at Warwick on July 6, 1988, when Ny Over took the lead inside the final furlong and held the fast-finishing Magic Kingdom by half a length to land the Jim Slater Apprentice Stakes.
It was not until Nottingham on June 12, 1989 that he won again when the six-year-old Cheerful Times, making his seasonal debut, came with a strong late run to catch Dean McKeown’s mount The Mague and take the Gunthorpe Handicap by s head. The winning pair were reunited at Newcastle on July 22 and landed the Coral Line Handicap by half a length.
It was not until Nottingham on June 12, 1989 that he won again when the six-year-old Cheerful Times, making his seasonal debut, came with a strong late run to catch Dean McKeown’s mount The Mague and take the Gunthorpe Handicap by s head. The winning pair were reunited at Newcastle on July 22 and landed the Coral Line Handicap by half a length.
There was then a gap of more than three years before Tim next visited the winner’s enclosure, and when he did, it was over jumps. By then he was a conditional with Ron Hodges and it was on his 12-year-old General Merchant that he had his first victory under National Hunt rules when coming clear in the closing stages to take the Coomes Conditional Jockeys’ Selling Chase at Fontwell Park on December 1, 1992 by three and a half lengths. The winning pair finished third on their next start before Richard Dunwoody took over in the saddle.
There was then a gap of more than three years before Tim next visited the winner’s enclosure, and when he did, it was over jumps. By then he was a conditional with Ron Hodges and it was on his 12-year-old General Merchant that he had his first victory under National Hunt rules when coming clear in the closing stages to take the Coomes Conditional Jockeys’ Selling Chase at Fontwell Park on December 1, 1992 by three and a half lengths. The winning pair finished third on their next start before Richard Dunwoody took over in the saddle.
Tim’s second jumps win was on the five-year-old Edge Of The Glen, also trained by Ron Hodges, taking the lead on the run-in and landing the Poynings Conditional Jockeys’ Selling Hurdle by a length at Plumpton on February 1, 1993.
Tim’s second jumps win was on the five-year-old Edge Of The Glen, also trained by Ron Hodges, taking the lead on the run-in and landing the Poynings Conditional Jockeys’ Selling Hurdle by a length at Plumpton on February 1, 1993.
He had nearly 70 rides during that 1992/93 National Hunt season. Arthur Barrow provided him with his third and last success when the five-year-old Caromandoo finished strongly to take the South West Racing Club Handicap hurdle at Exeter on May 3, 1993, scoring by five lengths. Tim rode him on his first start of the following season but was unplaced before first Mick Fitzgerald and then Adrian Maguire took over, also without success.
He had nearly 70 rides during that 1992/93 National Hunt season. Arthur Barrow provided him with his third and last success when the five-year-old Caromandoo finished strongly to take the South West Racing Club Handicap hurdle at Exeter on May 3, 1993, scoring by five lengths. Tim rode him on his first start of the following season but was unplaced before first Mick Fitzgerald and then Adrian Maguire took over, also without success.
Tim Thompson’s winners were, in chronological order:
Tim Thompson’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Ny Over, Warwick, July 6, 1988
1. Ny Over, Warwick, July 6, 1988
2. Cheerful Times, Nottingham, June 12, 1989
2. Cheerful Times, Nottingham, June 12, 1989
3. Cheerful Times, Newcastle, July 22, 1989
3. Cheerful Times, Newcastle, July 22, 1989
4. General Merchant, Fontwell Park, December 1, 1992
4. General Merchant, Fontwell Park, December 1, 1992
5. Edge Of The Glen, Plumpton, February 1, 1993
5. Edge Of The Glen, Plumpton, February 1, 1993
6. Caromandoo, Exeter, May 3, 1993
6. Caromandoo, Exeter, May 3, 1993
Tim Thompson's first NH winner: General Merchant, Fontwell Park, December 1, 1992
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