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.
 
EKW said:
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.
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I salute you. He is just McCoy, no other words!!!!!!
 
EKW said:
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.
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Just 18 times! :D
 
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