Introducing Ride Up

Introducing Ride Up, a new book by Aaron Ralston and Edgell F. Pyles, Ph.D.

Inspirational and practical, this book could change your approach not only to your riding, but to your entire life!

Ride Up, a new book co-authored by Aaron with psychologist Edgell Franklin Pyles, Ph.D., is unlike any book about riding or training you’ve ever seen. It’s both inspirational and practical! So much more than a guide to choosing a path to pursue with a horse, Ride Up is also a guide to making choices in the path of one’s life.

This book is a powerful tool that can help riders become more psychologically centered and better able to live the adventures they dream of on horseback. Dr. Pyles provides ways to look at life patterns and choices and how they affect relationships with horses and people. Aaron offers personal insights on horse training, riding and his own life experiences.

Thirty-five worksheets encourage the reader to delve into personal and practical issues that affect their current position in life as well as their riding. In the book, Aaron fills in the worksheets himself, frequently revealing the inner struggles and conflicts he has faced in his professional life as a horse trainer as well as in his personal life. He also offers several essays on “Following Dreams,” “Goals of Competition,” and “Giving Horses Time.”

Dr. Pyles is an accomplished horseman, having won numerous awards in ranch horse versatility on his horse, A Time to Spark. They two won the World Championship in both Working Cow Horse and Cutting at the International Buckskin Horse Association World Show in 2006.

Book Reviews:

"Horses are great teachers but sometimes we need an interpreter. Ride Up will help bridge the gap between horse and rider." -Lyn Anderson, NRCHA World Champion and Past President

"Aaron has stayed true to the Code of the West and brings a refreshing new outlook to the horse world." -Clint Haverty, NRHA Hall of Famer

"Aaron...has wonderful communication skills to share his passion. When I started reading Ride Up, I was spurred on to read more and more. -Al Dunning, Multiple World Champion

Aaron and Edgell have put together a wonderful, provocative book that can bring clarity to your life while inspiring a deeper love of horses. It can be used as a guide for your life journey or just a way to help you over a bump in the road." -Sandy Collier, AQHA and NRCHA World Champion

"Our passion for horses gives all of us experiences that add quality to our journey in life. The book really 'absorbed' me from the start...get to know Dr. Edgell Pyles as he is very inspirational!" -Carla Wennberg, AQHA, Professional Horsewoman of the Year