who is your favorite rider ?

William Fox Pitt
Mary King as a person but not keen on her riding style but then she is a 4 star eventer and I'm not so can't be doing too badly!
Ruby Walsh
 
Ben Maher and Carl Hester are poetry in motion on a horse.

Barry Geraghty and John Francome in the racing world.

Robert Walker in the showing world.

I am surprised at some votes for Lucinda Fredericks, I think she is a heavy handed, hauling and yanking rider.
 
Mary King- my childhood hero, when I was convinced I'd grow up and be an eventer! :o

Dressage wise, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin

Racing- Barry Geraghty

:)
 
Dressage
Charlotte D
Edward Gal

SJ
Ben Maher
Shane Breen
Billy Twomey (something about him;))
Penelope Leprovost - so damn classy on a horse

Eventing
Andrew Nicholson
Piggy French
WFP
Caroline Powell on Lenamore (couldn't get a happier xc picture)
Think Georgie Spence has style if a little rigid at times - Get me...!
 
I have a few;

Eventing -
Mark Todd - I hope I can keep going as long as he has. That man is a machine!!
Phillip Dutton
Mary King
Sam Griffiths
Andrew Hoy
Stuart Tinney
Chris Burton
Gillian Rolton - I remeber watching her ride Peppermint Grove at Atlanta and thinking to myself, Wow what an amazingly gutsy rider. For those not familliar with Gill's ride... watch this. Gives me goosebumps.

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Dressage -
Heath Ryan
 
Mark Todd ,because he has time for us lesser mortals. A really genuine guy.Oh and Bob the nota cob thinks mary King is tops.
 
I love Carl Hester, He seems like a really nice person as well as a fantastic rider.
Nuno Oliveira was incredible.
I like Sylvia Lock as well.
Lucinda Green and William Fox Pitt for eventing
When I was younger, I used to love Joe Turi and Annette Lewis, now I like Ben Maher
Kx
 
Back in the old days, Karen Dixon. She and her mother taught me a huge amount with a huge deal of sympathy for the horse.

Now, it has to be Mary King for eventing, Ben Maher for showjumping (oh, to have such a beautiful, calm seat and such perfect legs) and Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz for the stressage.
 
Mark Todd
Andrew Nicholson
Caroline Powell
Zara Phillips
Simon Grieve - seems really nice plus my teacher used to teach him so will be following him :)
Carl Hester
Charlotte Dujardin
 
Mary King, she's AMAZING!

Carl Hester, although im not really into dressage i still love him!

Tina Cook

Although he's not technically a rider as such, Sam Twiston Davies. Purely because he's soooooo polite and just B E A U T I F U L. He walks out that weighing room and i'm just like :eek: WOW

I really shouldn't admit to that :p
 
Harvey Smith - I lead a horse up for him at Newcastle as a favour for a friend and I go greated with - Who the bloody hell are you and why the hell have you got my horse?! :D Some things never change! He was much politer to ne when I brought the horse back in off the track having been a very unexpected 2nd!

John Whittaker and Geoff Billington - aka the quiet one and the xmas pudding on a horse!

But all in all you can't beat McCoy! God knows how many jockeys championships he has won now! He won the other year despite being out for 6weeks with 3 broken vertibrae in his back.Its his drive, determinationand his will to win that makes him one of the all time greats.
 
But all in all you can't beat McCoy! God knows how many jockeys championships he has won now! He won the other year despite being out for 6weeks with 3 broken vertibrae in his back.Its his drive, determinationand his will to win that makes him one of the all time greats.

I salute you. He is just McCoy, no other words!!!!!!
 
But all in all you can't beat McCoy! God knows how many jockeys championships he has won now! He won the other year despite being out for 6weeks with 3 broken vertibrae in his back.Its his drive, determinationand his will to win that makes him one of the all time greats.

Just 18 times! :D
 
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