Winter in Aiken by Pam Gleason Aiken’s event riders had better get ready: It’s going to be one heck of a season. The Aiken area has been a winter destination for event riders for several decades. Aiken has wonderful footing, good weather and a plethora of recognized and schooling competitions that can put a lot…
Welcome to the annual Aiken Horse Hunt Directory for 2016-2017, providing important dates, information and contact numbers for nine regional hunts. This year, Camden Hunt, Lowcountry Hunt, Middleton Place Hounds, and Shakerag Hounds have been added to our directory to help Aiken hunting enthusiast expand their hunting options. For those ready to follow the hounds, Cubbing is…
by Pam Gleason As the South Carolina Quarter Horse Queen, Amy Brown strives to use her position to help other people. “The title gives me a great platform to raise awareness for a lot of different things,” she says. Amy’s platform this year, which she shares with the Quarter Horse Congress Queen, is childhood cancer.…
Winning the World is Just One Battle by Pam Gleason, photography by Gary Knoll In September 2015, Ina Ginsberg, 81, accomplished one of her life’s goals when she won the World Championship at the American Quarter Horse Association Select show in Amarillo, Texas. Ina was competing with her horse Hez Packing Heat (Sarge) in the…
Welcome to the annual Aiken Horse Hunt Directory for 2015-2016, providing important dates, information and contact numbers for Aiken’s four recognized hunts, as well as the Belle Meade Hunt in nearby Thomson, Ga. Aiken’s formal hunting season starts in November and last until March. With so many hunts in the area, real hunt junkies can…
Local Horse Eyes the Prize by Pam Gleason Who has “America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred?” Katherine Gunter thinks that she might. America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred is a makeover contest for off-the-track racehorses that is being put on by the Retired Racehorse Project. Based in Maryland, RRP’s mission is to “increase demand for Thoroughbred ex-racehorses and build…
by Pam Gleason For Rylee Zimmerman, the greatest thing about training horses is probably the mental aspect. “It’s a creative process,” he says. “I like getting green horses and figuring out what it takes for each individual to succeed. It’s not just how you ride them. I ask myself, do I need a different piece…
