Education
Born Georgia Buck in Baltimore, Maryland, she attended Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut.
Born Georgia Buck in Baltimore, Maryland, she attended Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut.
Thoroughbred Stable A few years after settling in California, Georgia and Ben became owners of Thoroughbred racehorses. Georgia died at her Pasadena home in 2002 at age eighty-seven.
Some of their notable runners included Flying Paster, the winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita and Hollywood Derbys and California Horse of the Year plus the Eclipse Award winner, Cascapedia. She owned the 165-acre (067 km2) Hidden Springs Ranch in Mountain Center in the San Jacinto Mountains and enjoyed considerable further success highlighted by Cat"s Cradle being voted California Horse of the Year in 1995 and Alphabet Soup"s win in the 1996 Breeders" Cup Classic.
Active in Pasadena culture, Georgia Ridder was a member of the Board of Directors of the Pasadena Art Museum and the Pasadena Symphony Association.