Your biggest influence in riding?

[MerryMaker]

Mine in no particular order:

1 - Carl Hester - If I ride properly will I get a nice ass like his, but girl shaped?

2 - Kate - you know who you are and why!!

3 - Vodka! *grin*

Yours???

 

[Flame_]

Helena - I think the first, and definitely the best riding instructor I've ever had.

Mary King - A living legend with the most gracious attitude.

Flame - 14.2 Chesnut mare. I either rode properly or she made me suffer.

 

[Maesfen]

Pat Smythe! A true ambassador for the sport and the country.

 

[zoeshiloh]

1. Josephine Pullein Thompson (I wish things were still like she writes in her books)

2. Ben (my horse) taught me how to ride a difficult horse!!

3. Peter Sergeant (my old riding instructor) who helped me and Ben sort one another out, and taught me the basics of dressage

 

[Maesfen]

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1. Josephine Pullein Thompson (I wish things were still like she writes in her books)



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Good thinking, I forgot the sisters and Monica Edwards, Ruby Ferguson, Primrose Cummings, RS Summerhays and all of the other great writers then; they all certainly helped me look as if I knew what I was doing even if I hadn't a clue!

Also Trigger, my cousin's pony who taught me how to get back on time and time again after being dumped in the nettles without complaining too much in case I was forbidden to ever ride again!

 

[pocket]

1. Ralph my horse

2. Mark my instructor, who has been great over the last year and kept Ralph in work for me.

3. Karl Hester (I hope to ride like him once my knees better

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4. Lee Pearson, an amazing person and I wish him well in the Para olympics

 

[bex1984]

jumpthemoon - because she has given me endless advice and support, put up with my trouble-making first horse, rescued me when my confidence disappeared and I got off crying by the side of the road...and basically I don't think I'd have ever got to the point of owning my own horse without her. Plus we have loads of fun going to badders and HOYS etc!!

 

[hellsdarkrose]

1. My Mum
2. Karen Dixon
3. Mary King
4. My mum's friend Susan and her horse Clyde

 

[Kate260881]

1. All my horses, past and present. Each one in their own unique way
2. Gaynor Booth... best instructor I even had, would pay for a lesson with her over anyone else
3. My Mum

 

[kit279]

Jane Wallace - for putting me on the straight and narrow and for her great book 'the Less than Perfect Horse' which is full of good sensible advice.
Val Gingell - for not being afraid to be really really rude about horse and rider
Boyfriend - for being the ultimate dressage nag and hellishly perfectionist.
My horse Pip - for always trying his hardest.