Saddle up: Kids learn to ride horses in new program

Registration is closed for Horse Club; however, if your child is interested in other Oglethorpe County 4-H programs, contact Amber Waldroup at 706-743-8341 or at ambwal@uga.edu.

  • Members of the Oglethorpe County 4-H Horse Club interact with horses during the group’s first meeting at Echo Hill Farm last month. (ANDREA GUTIERREZ/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    Members of the Oglethorpe County 4-H Horse Club interact with horses during the group’s first meeting at Echo Hill Farm last month. (ANDREA GUTIERREZ/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

    For Ruth Wilson, co-owner of Echo Hill Farm, practice makes perfect, and riding horses is no exception. 

     

    “It’s one thing to read about horses, to hear about horses, to study horses, to watch…