Friday, Apr. 18, 2025

Throwback Thursday: “If My Life Depended On It”: Five Great Riders Talk About Their Greatest Horses

In the January 17, 1997 issue of The Chronicle of the Horse, a Between Rounds column by Denny Emerson looked at five great riders' "once in a lifetime" horses. 

What red-blooded young rider hasn’t dreamed of someday riding a true wonder horse? Who hasn’t wanted to ride a horse of such power and scope and courage that he could trust that horse with his very life?

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