Welcome to Tim Walford Racing

Tim was brought up near Stockton on Tees, where his father was an accountant. He was educated at Rugby and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

On finishing college he went to work for the late Robin Simpson, after that he joined Bill Watts as assistant trainer and then moved to be assistant to Michael Easterby at Sheriff Hutton. He trained point to pointers with Gerry Kelly and started riding winners in point to points and under rules, including many winners on the flat and jumping for David Chapman.

Tim and Gillian met when they both were at M W Easterby's, married in 1976 and moved to Cornborough Manor, the Jack's family farm. There were only four stables at that time but farm buildings were converted to stables over the years and there are now 40 boxes.

Tim and Gillian have two sons - Robert who is based in Dorset with Robert and Sally Alner and is engaged to their daughter Louise and Mark who is now assistant at Cornborough after spells with Mick Channon, John Quinn and a summer in California with Neil Drysdale, Mark is engaged to Molly Phillips and is getting married in June. So as you see we have a family feel to the yard with Robert riding most of the jumpers, Mark riding the pointers and top weights under rules, and Tim and Gillian both involved in the day to day running of the yard.