{"product_id":"begin-and-begin-again-the-bright-optimism-of-reinventing-life-with-horses-9781646010394","title":"Begin and Begin Again: The Bright Optimism of Reinventing Life with Horses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exciting follow-up from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHow Good Riders Get Good\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKnow Better to Do Better\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all start somewhere with horses. As a toddler on a pony. As a teenager with friends who ride. As an adult who always loved horses, but life just got in the way...until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of us start over. We sell our horses to go to school, to have careers or babies (or both). We decide to quit dressage and start reining. We fall off...and get back on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are all sorts of beginning places, and they can be for the first time or after a \"gap.\" They can mean you are beginning, or your horse is. They can mean you barely got started, or you started badly. Renowned horseman Denny Emerson knows all about the importance of these beginnings. Through an impressive career in the saddle that spans decades, he has worked with all different breeds, competed at the top international levels of eventing and endurance, lost horses and found new ones, taught young riders and adult amateurs, traded Western tack for English and back again, been injured...only to rehab, climb back in the saddle, and start over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his third book, Emerson once again masterfully intertwines his entertaining reflections from a life embedded in the equestrian world with serious philosophical questions faced by the industry today and practical advice honed by his immense experience. Readers will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow to make your beginning with horses easier...and how to make it harder.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow having the right horse versus having the wrong horse can affect a beginning...or mean you should begin again.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe importance of a team (family, friends, trainers, coaches) you trust and rely upon.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWays to identify how you learn, see, hear, and feel, and how to apply that knowledge with horses.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe need for knowing how far you want to go and how much are you willing to give up to go there.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith inspirational stories of beginning and beginning again from top equestrians, as well as personal reflections from \"regular\" horse people around the world, these pages promise to inspire a start or a change, and provide a roadmap we all can follow, whatever our ambitions. Emerson reassures us that it doesn't matter where your beginning point is--start where you are. And, even better, there \u003cem\u003eis \u003c\/em\u003ea do-over button--you just have to decide to push it. This book is for every horse person who continues to dream of something else or something more, and just needs someone to say: \"\u003cem\u003eBegin.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafalgar Square Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646010394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 7.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Denny Emerson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334118211765,"sku":"9781646010394","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4c363553-d44b-40d4-8d7c-eaf7ff32f76e.jpg?v=1752583786","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/begin-and-begin-again-the-bright-optimism-of-reinventing-life-with-horses-9781646010394","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}