{"product_id":"9781646012152","title":"The Horses Who Made Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow a Grand Prix dressage rider\ncompeted at the highest level before finding her way to liberty work, and the\nextraordinary lessons that molded her perceptions, understandings, and feelings\nalong the way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“In my eyes,” says former French\ninternational dressage competitor Alizée Froment, “dressage is the journey to\nperfect communication and absolute harmony between horse and rider.” Her own\njourney began on the backs of Shetland ponies under the watchful eyes of her\nmother and then found its way into jumping competitions, and later on, dressage\narenas. Along the way, many horses entered and exited her life, each bringing\nwith them a depth of personality that steadily built her understanding of the\nrelationship a rider can build with an equine partner.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her deeply personal and\nstrikingly beautiful book, Froment traces her evolution as a horsewoman, a\ndressage competitor, and now a world-renowned performer and trainer of liberty horses\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehorses that perform free of anything on their bodies.\nReaders meet the ponies she learned on, and the challenging mounts that helped\nher grow as a junior rider. There were horses she immediately loved and horses\nshe had to work to connect with—and eventually there were Mistral and Sultan,\nwho she calls her “yin and yang,” and who elevated her aspirations both beside\nand on the back of a horse. It is with these two special souls that Froment\nfurther explored riding the Grand Prix movements with only a neck rope—no\nbridle or bit, and often bareback as well—and demonstrating to the world the\npotential that is there for all riders to enjoy, if they are open to the\nexperience and are willing to take the time for it to evolve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will be entranced by\nFroment’s willingness to bare her soul, powerfully articulating her feelings\nwhen confronted with jealousy, with performance expectations, with the\npossibility of losing the horse she loved to an unknown buyer, with retiring a\nbeloved partner, and with the changing circumstances and altered allegiances of\nher heart when her daughter Louise is born. As tender as a story about riding, competing, and performing with horses at the highest levels can be, \u003ci\u003eThe Horses Who Made Me\u003c\/i\u003e is\nfirst a story of one woman’s personal journey, eternally questioning herself,\nand second, an inspiration for anyone who is forever striving for a better way\nof training horses, because of the profound beauty you just might find.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alizee Froment","offers":[{"title":"Trafalgar Square Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-01-19","offer_id":44230084854015,"sku":"9781646012152","price":52.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_022e51fd-879a-4735-be52-61960f72c03d.jpg?v=1693004133","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781646012152","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}