It's little surprise after such a fantastic year that Oliver Townend tops British Eventing's top 100 rider list for 2009. He is the first person, other than William Fox-Pitt, Andrew Nicholson and Mark Todd to top the list since 1999.

Oliver topped the list with 1643 points, with William second on 1557 and Andrew on 1419.

The highest rating female rider was Piggy French on 1992, with Georgie Spence being the highest under-21s scorer in 15th place.

Miners Frolic, ridden by Tina Cook, led the top 100 horses list, followed by Carousel Quest, ridden by Oliver Townend. William Fox-Pitt's ride Idalgo was in third place.

The top ten riders are:
Oliver Townend 1643
William Fox-Pitt 1557
Andrew Nicholson 1419
Piggy French 1192
Lucy Wiegersma 1183
Ruth Edge 933
Paul Tapner 854
Mary King 853
Matthew Wright 802
Clayton J Fredericks

H&C blogger Sharon Hunt was listed as number 52.

The top ten horses are:
Miners Frolic
Carousel Quest
Idalgo
Some Day Soon
Granntevka Prince
Opposition Buzz
Happy Times
Kings Temptress
Inonothing
Westwood Poser.