baze/laffit....who will you call better

Originally Posted by oracle80

Oh, and Chris Antley had more natural talent than anyone who ever sat in a saddle. He was the "perfect rider" as perfect as perfect gets in this game until his personal problems got him.
Wish their were easily accessed tapes of his riding before the problems hit him. Perfect posture in the saddle, brute strength, incredibly agile, and had that save ground but swing out for the stretch drive so as not to get pinned move down to a science. He was impossible to beat on the best horse, impossible.

Wow. We actually can agree about jockeys. Chris was also a very sweet person. It's sickening that his "demons" took over his talent and life.