Brown County 4-H members involved in the horse project gathered recently at the Earl Q. Wilson Arena in Brownwood to hone their horsemanship skills at clinics held on March 14th and April 4th.

Pictured above, 4-H Horse Club members Carol Ann Hetzel (center, in pink),  Auzzlyn Benedict (right), and Fernando Sanchez  (background) learn skills from instructor Laramie Terry.

Participants also improved their roping skills during the clinic.  Below, Fernando Sanchez works with instructor Corey Terry.

Another 4-H Horse Club member Juanita Saldana is also pictured below working on barrel racing skills.

About 4-H: As the youth development program of the Cooperative Extension System of land-grant universities, 4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization, empowering six million young people throughout the United States. Cooperative Extension of 1862 and 1890 land-grant universities provide the leadership to engage young people in 4-H in all 3,007 counties of the United States.  The impact of the Cooperative Extension partnership is profound, bringing together National Institute of Food and Agriculture of USDA, land grant universities and county government to resource learning opportunities for youth.

Through America’s 110 land-grant universities and its Cooperative Extension System, 4-H reaches every corner of our nation—from urban neighborhoods to suburban schoolyards to rural farming communities. With a network of more than 6 million youth, 611,800 volunteers, 3,500 professionals, and more than 25 million alumni, 4-H helps shape youth to move our country and the world forward in ways that no other youth organization can.

A recent study, The Positive Development of Youth: Comprehensive Findings from the