The Ride of Her Life Book Launch
Denny Emerson has ridden thousands of horses over many thousands of miles in all kinds of horse sports. He achieved much success in the sport of eventing, having competed for 48 years at the preliminary level or higher. In 1974 Denny was a team member gold medalist with United States Equestrian Team (USET) at the Burghley, England World Championship Three-Day Event. He was the reserve rider for the USET at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Denny has been inducted into three Halls of Fame: the USEA Hall of Fame, the Vermont Academy Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Dartmouth College Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2000, he was named “One of the 50 Most Influential Horsemen of the 20th Century” by The Chronicle of the Horse. He is the author of How Good Riders Get Good, Know Better to Do Better, and the forthcoming Begin and Begin Again: The Bright Optimism of Reinventing Life with Horses. He and his wife May divide their time between Strafford, VT and Southern Pines, NC.