eventing_kid
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Have your say, are you a funnell person or more of a fox-pitt.
Who is the greatest eventer of all time?
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PaddyMonty
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Couldn't vote as you missed off the greatest of all time.
Mark Todd
Mark Todd
Bossanova
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None of those!!!
For me it's Mark Todd
For me it's Mark Todd
Vix1978
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Was going to say the same thing 4faulter!!
dieseldog
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Same here Mark Todd
SpottedCat
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Exactly what I was about to say, where is Mark Todd - he would always get my vote.
I guess from your user name you may not remember him though....
I guess from your user name you may not remember him though....
Little_Mare
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Another Mark Todd here too!
lizzie_liz
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Mark Todd has to be up there
Tempi
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its got to be Mary King for me - shes so lovely and friendly and i just love the way she rides.
EmmaChal
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Mary King-super rider-and a lovely person as well plus she's still going strong while all her contempories have faded out of the picture.
LEC
Opinions are like bum holes, everyone has one.
Mark Todd for me
Good in all 3 phases - Could ride any horse from lazy to very sparky and get the best out of them. Could ride horses he had never sat on at world level and win. Finally for me the best recommendation is any horse who went to someone else from him never did as well.
Good in all 3 phases - Could ride any horse from lazy to very sparky and get the best out of them. Could ride horses he had never sat on at world level and win. Finally for me the best recommendation is any horse who went to someone else from him never did as well.
RachelB
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Mark Todd too. But seeing as you missed him off I voted for Lucinda Green, I watched on of her clinics once and she was fantastic. Shame I wasn't riding but I still learnt so much! She really knows her stuff, AND how to teach.
diondelmonte
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Yep, Mark Todd for me too.... absolutely without doubt
darksided
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Mark Todd for me aswell
disco
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Mary King!
Maesfen
Extremely Old Nag!
Shame on you leaving out Mark Todd! Without doubt, a magician with all types of horses!
dunthing
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I know Im an oldie but I would vote for someone who won medals in 1952 and 54 olympics and rode a horse called Countryn=man, which cost £90 because it was deemed unrideable. The great mans name- Bertie Hill
dunthing
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Sorry, should have read as COUNTRYMAN
KatB
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Mark Todd without a doubt.
k1963
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I'd have to say Mark Todd , but also Lucinda Green - both fantastic riders .
Andrew Nicholson is surely worthy of a mention ?
Going back in time - Sheila Willcox ( later Waddington ) , who I think trained Mary King in the early stages of her career .
I also rate William Fox Pitt & Mary King - as you can see I find decisions hard !
Ginny Leng was great too & Pippa Funnell has a great understanding of her horses - I give up !
Andrew Nicholson is surely worthy of a mention ?
Going back in time - Sheila Willcox ( later Waddington ) , who I think trained Mary King in the early stages of her career .
I also rate William Fox Pitt & Mary King - as you can see I find decisions hard !
Ginny Leng was great too & Pippa Funnell has a great understanding of her horses - I give up !
k1963
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Sorry , Ginny Holgate/Leng /Elliot - did you know she smashed her arm in a fall aged 21 & it was nearly amputated ?
She said riding was not a problem as strength came from her shoulder , but still think it's no mean achievement !
She said riding was not a problem as strength came from her shoulder , but still think it's no mean achievement !
summertoots
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Mark Todd for me. But out of the brit riders I have to say Ian Stark was always my favourite, but you dont have him on your list either.
teapot
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Lucinda Green or Mary King get my vote from the poll, but you can't forget Mark Todd
kayleigh_and_rocky
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I'd say Mary King, Mark Todd, and Andrew Nicholsan.
welshchick
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Mary King, Andrew Hoy and Mark Todd.
welshchick
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Mary King, Andrew Hoy and Mark Todd.
Baggybreeches
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Mark Todd, Lucinda Green and Richard Meade in that order, I think the others are great but these are a class apart!
welshchick
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Sorry , Ginny Holgate/Leng /Elliot - did you know she smashed her arm in a fall aged 21 & it was nearly amputated ?
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She broke it in 23 places!
Correct me if I'm wrong....
Sorry , Ginny Holgate/Leng /Elliot - did you know she smashed her arm in a fall aged 21 & it was nearly amputated ?
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She broke it in 23 places!
MissDeMeena
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I know Im an oldie but I would vote for someone who won medals in 1952 and 54 olympics and rode a horse called Countryn=man, which cost £90 because it was deemed unrideable. The great mans name- Bertie Hill
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I have a claim to fame that might impress you then.. i'm probably the youngest person (bar his family members) still eventing today (and therefore the last person) to have a lesson from Bertie Hill
My vote also goes to Mark Todd tho!!
I know Im an oldie but I would vote for someone who won medals in 1952 and 54 olympics and rode a horse called Countryn=man, which cost £90 because it was deemed unrideable. The great mans name- Bertie Hill
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I have a claim to fame that might impress you then.. i'm probably the youngest person (bar his family members) still eventing today (and therefore the last person) to have a lesson from Bertie Hill
My vote also goes to Mark Todd tho!!
dunthing
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And wasnt he a lovely man? He lived very close to me. I had a conversation with him not long before he died, about Countryman and his other horses.