Equine At White Oak Pastures

Available from 12:00 pm - 2:00pm
Saturdays & Sundays

Ideal for children age 3-11

Pony rides take place at our General Store

Available for children age 5-11

This ride includes a 30 minute tour through our small town of Bluffton.

* Limit 2 riders at a time
* Same day rides available - call/email or stop by the General Store.

Join our Equine Manager, Wendy, for a one hour lesson tailored to improve your skillset and experience.

• $50 per lesson drop in rate
• $200 prepaid option for 5 lessons a month, paid monthly on the 1st

* Same day lessons available - call/email or stop by the General Store.

If you’re coming to Bluffton to eat lunch or visit for the day and you would like to spend time with one of our horses, this is for you!

You will get an hour of time with one (1) horse and a White Oak Pastures dedicated handler. The handler can offer a lead line for small children + they can groom and feed snacks.

 This is perfect for a family outing appropriate for children as young as 5!

* Same day rides available - call/email or stop by the General Store

This ride includes a tour through our small town of Bluffton as well as riding through our pastures to see the grazing herds (cows, turkeys, hogs, sheep, goats, and native wildlife).

* Same day rides available - call/email or stop by the General Store

This ride includes a tour of our farm riding through our organic garden and pastures to see the grazing herds (cows, turkeys, hogs, sheep, goats, and native wildlife) and a picnic in the pasture, which is perfect for special occasions!

* Appointments must be booked 48 hours in advance. However, please call or email in the event that we are able to accommodate you! Price shown includes the trail ride only. Food & drink packages vary in price for an additional charge. 

Wendy grew up on the western slope of Colorado in the small town of Palisade. She had a small hobby farm that always included horses. She was always told that you should ride bareback first, get that down, then you can have the comfort of a saddle. She learned to feel their anatomy and find balance because of this lesson. Since then, it’s always been about the horse's comfort first. From Colorado, Wendy went into the Air Force Security Police K9 Training Program and then the Presidential Honor Guard. After her time in the Air Force, she moved to Southern California where she and her husband raised their 5 children. They have 3 Eagle Scouts, 1 First Lieutenant Marine Corps Officer, and a cattle ranch manager in Central California. When Covid hit and California went into lockdowns, her husband's company decided to permanently stay mobile, so they put their house on the market and moved with 5 horses, 1 kid, 3 dogs, 2 cats and… a partridge in a pear tree! This move brought Wendy and her family to Albany, Georgia, to be closer to her father-in-law and this gave her horses more space and the ability to slow life down a little! She now has an amazing church, new friends and new adventures, along with her dream job at White Oak Pastures.

Alex Fowler grew up in Valdosta, Georgia. After getting started in horses while volunteering at a therapeutic riding farm in Brunswick, Georgia, she jumped into lessons and horses wherever the opportunity was available. From volunteer hours at therapeutic riding farms, to hunter/jumper lessons, dressage lessons, showing in western pleasure, gaited horses, and three phase eventing there was no discipline she was unwilling to at least try. After relocating to the north Atlanta area, she took a job managing a three phase eventing lesson barn where she got to start training and showing in eventing. At that farm she met and spent lots of time working with a horse named Finn. Alex and Finn have been partners ever since and you can find them guiding trail rides and teaching lessons here at White Oak Pastures. The wide variety of experiences and opportunities created a horsewoman who loves learning and helping others do the same.

Please inquire in the General Store or call ahead to see if there is the potential of a ride same day.

The 2.5 hour ride requires 48 hours advance notice.

Phone: (229) 641-2081
Email: wendy.alexander@whiteoakpastures.com

Riders as young as 5 may participate in the Bluffton Ride and the Hour with Equine. 

Children must be at least ten (10) years old to go on a trail ride. A legal guardian must accompany children under the age of 18 years old. No more than three (3) children per ride.

Helmets must be worn by any riders under the age of eighteen (18). 

For children that are not old enough to go on a trail ride, or families visiting the farm, we offer the Bluffton Ride, an Hour with Equine, or Pony Rides for children outside the White Oak Pastures General store at these given times.

* Same day rides available - call/email or stop by the General Store.

We require riders to wear long pants and preferably boots with a heel. For safety reasons, absolutely no open toed shoes or Crocs are allowed. 

Yes! Horses are only meant to carry 15% of their weight so we have a 220 lbs limit to protect the health and safety of our animals.

We will try to reschedule your ride or a refund will be provided!

No, no experience is needed! 

We can support up to six (6) people per ride.

In order to maximize our livestock’s impact on pasture, we move our herds and flocks frequently. This results in there being no guarantee to see all the animals mentioned in one trail ride. However, we will do our best to expose you to as much as possible.