West District 4-H Horse Clinic Was a Huge Success!!!
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Blistered heels from boots are better when you get your grandmother’s sympathy.
When the evening of Sunday, June 16th rolled around the West District 4-H Youth Horse Events volunteers were on the lookout for 84 mounted riders to embark on the WNC Ag Center in Fletcher. Youth participants along with their parents and 4-H horse program volunteer leaders came in with their horses and ponies to get them settled into their stalls in preparation for 3 days of fun, learning, saddle sores, and boot blisters.
On June 17th, the West District 4-H Youth Horse Events hosted its traditional 4-H youth horsemanship clinic and it was one of the largest we have had since 2015 Once the dust settle on Sunday night and we were able to get a count we would have 79 mounted participants with a few intended participants having to drop out for one reason or another. This clinic has been in existence since early ’80’s when it began as a one day clinic in Etowah, NC to help prepare youth that were going to attend the state 4-H horse show. This program has blossomed from a one day program to a three day program which includes 2 days where unmounted 4-H youth can come learn about horses and horse care.
Youth participating in the mounted portion of the clinic work with their personal horses in the discipline that they compete or ride in at home. Monday and Tuesday, the participants go through a safety meeting and then meet with the clinicians that they would be working with on Monday and Tuesday. The clinic provides professional instruction in Hunt Seat/English, Ranch/Western, Gaited/Non-trotting, Speed Events, Cloverbud(5-7), and Beginner/Novice riders that need basic skills.
On Tuesday evening, all participants are invited to eat together during the clinic picnic hosted by the West District 4-H Youth Horse Events Advisory Board. Parents and other participant chaperones can enjoy time together at our clinic picnic. After our picnic the participants, parents, and other siblings are invited to play horseless games which end with a huge water gun fight.
On Wednesday, the participants have the option, no matter what discipline they ride in, to learn about sorting cattle and team penning. Youth pay $25 to get to “ride with the cows” on Wednesday as many times as they would like in teams of 4. The clinic also provides an opportunity to take their horses through an obstacle course during the morning session. This year the Hunt Seat participants could go through the jump course during the morning session.
On Monday and Tuesday, youth that don’t own horses or were just wanting to learn about horses could participate in an unmounted clinic. They were able to learn about horse care, grooming, different breeds, make their own stick horses, and much more. On Tuesday, they were able to get on a horse and have a lead line ride. There were fourteen youth in the unmounted group. We have a limit of 20 for that portion of the clinic so it is important to sign up for it early.
Cherokee County was well represented with 25 youth from the county participating in the clinic this year. Six were unmounted participants and 19 brought their own horses and learned a lot.
We appreciate all of our families and youth for representing our county well at the horsemanship clinic.
If you would like to know more about county, district, or state 4-H events, please contact Shannon Coleman, at shannon_coleman@ncsu.edu, or 828-837-2210 ext. 4.