Welcome to The Aiken Horse webpage, the online home of The Aiken Horse, a bimonthly magazine style newspaper serving the equestrian world in Aiken, SC and beyond. We have stories about horse people of all ages and disciplines, as well as stories about horses of all sizes, shapes and breeds. If it happens in the Aiken horse world, we will be there to cover it. Our cover shows Will Coleman riding Chin Tonic HS over the Barton’s Pond Broken Bridge at the $100,000 Conceal Grand Prix Eventing Showcase at Bruce’s Field in the Aiken Horse Park. Photography by Pam Gleason Click here to acces ..read more

Welcome to The Aiken Horse webpage, the online home of The Aiken Horse, a bimonthly magazine style newspaper serving the equestrian world in Aiken, SC and beyond. We have stories about horse people of all ages and disciplines, as well as stories about horses of all sizes, shapes and breeds. If it happens in the Aiken horse world, we will be there to cover it. Our cover shows Boyd Martin riding Phoebe Brokaw’s Heidsick; Sporting Days Farm February Horse Trials. Photography by Gary Knoll Click here to access our online edition!   ..read more

How I found Jubilee’s Identity: A companion to “Long Live Jubilee“ Registered Thoroughbreds from Australia and New Zealand can be identified by the freeze brands that they sport on their left and right shoulders. Like the lip tattoos that were used on American Thoroughbreds until 2020, the freeze brands are primarily a way to ensure that horses entered in races are actually the animals they are claimed to be. The systems employed to derive a Down Under freeze brand and an American Thoroughbred lip tattoo are quite different. American Thoroughbreds have tattoos that begin with a letter followed ..read more

by Pam Gleason Jubilee, 33 years old, is a retired polo pony and former racehorse who was born in New Zealand. Today she lives in the “old horse” field on my farm outside of Aiken, which she shares with three other over-20 Thoroughbreds. Although she played polo into her 20s, she retired sound with legs that are remarkably clean. She is still energetic enough to canter around with her friends, and she still has enough mischief in her to nudge open the gate and escape if I forget to fasten the latch. She loves to go visit other horses on the farm, especially to flirt with my 7-year-old, 17.2 ha ..read more

Welcome to The Aiken Horse webpage, the online home of The Aiken Horse, a bimonthly magazine style newspaper serving the equestrian world in Aiken, SC and beyond. We have stories about horse people of all ages and disciplines, as well as stories about horses of all sizes, shapes and breeds. If it happens in the Aiken horse world, we will be there to cover it. Our cover shows Maggie O’Leary driving Invitation Only to win the the Intermediate Horse division of the Windsor Trace CDE. Photography by Gary Knoll Click here to access our online edition!   ..read more

by Nancy Johnson  At 27, Designed to Dazzle, a Palomino gelding, still dazzles in appearance and action. His owner, Kathie Rindge, describes the double registered Quarter Horse/Palomino as the color of butterscotch. “He’s just beautiful all the way around,” she says. Dazzle lives with another horse, JD, at Three Runs Plantation in Aiken, along with Kathie and her husband Dana. Kathie bought Dazzle, who was sired by Designated Hitter and out of Razzle Dazzle, just before he turned 2 at a Quarter Horse training barn in Connecticut near where she lived at the time. “I was looking for a youn ..read more

Polo Guide for October through November in Aiken It’s only October, but the polo season is already almost half over. The fall polo season in Aiken is brief but intense: tournaments normally start in early September when the heat dissipates, and end in early November when cold nights leach the color out of the Bermuda grass and horses start to grow their winter coats. During those two months however, if you are a player or a fan, you can get to at least one, and sometimes as many as six or seven polo games almost any day.  Aiken’s polo history goes back to the 19th century. The first reco ..read more

Welcome to The Aiken Horse webpage, the online home of The Aiken Horse, a bimonthly magazine style newspaper serving the equestrian world in Aiken, SC and beyond. We have stories about horse people of all ages and disciplines, as well as stories about horses of all sizes, shapes and breeds. If it happens in the Aiken horse world, we will be there to cover it. Our cover shows Sarah Kuhn riding Mr. Cash Van de Start in the CCI**** at Stable View Oktoberfest. Photography by Gary Knoll.  Click here to access our online edition!   ..read more

by Nancy Johnson Angelica Dee Bar, a 26-year-old registered Paint mare, has always been known simply as Angel. According to her owner, Tammy Hanson, the name suits her. Tammy was teaching at a riding stable in Las Vegas in 2003 when she first met Angel. “I needed to retire my son’s pony which I also used for lessons. The farm owner suggested I give Angel a try as a replacement,” Tammy says. She was a bit hesitant because Angel, a 5-year-old at the time, was very green.  Despite her greenness, Angel was very gentle and well behaved with the lesson students and Tammy’s son, Kyle, instantly ..read more

Welcome to The Aiken Horse webpage, the online home of The Aiken Horse, a bimonthly magazine style newspaper serving the equestrian world in Aiken, SC and beyond. We have stories about horse people of all ages and disciplines, as well as stories about horses of all sizes, shapes and breeds. If it happens in the Aiken horse world, we will be there to cover it.  Our cover shows Penelope Lee riding Lady Dutchess in the .80 meter jumper class at the Highfields July Horse Show.  Photography by Gary Knoll.  Click here to access our online edition!   ..read more