Ina S. Ginsberg passed away on December 12, 2025 at the age of 90. A lifelong consummate horsewoman, she was an inspiration to all who knew her. A celebration of life will take place at the Green Boundary Club in Aiken on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
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“To me, the process is such a beautiful thing. If you take them from the very beginning and develop them all the way to the end, that’s incredible. You know the horse so well, and the horse knows you so well, you have a true partnership. To me, that is what it is about.”
On Saturday, August 23, three bands from Asheville, North Carolina will come to Aiken to play at Stable View for the newly created Aiken Summer Bluegrass Festival. The bands include Holler Choir (“a distinctly Appalachian group” led by Clint Roberts, a singer-songwriter and guitarist originally from Brevard, North Carolina); Songs from the Road Band (“A dynamic bluegrass ensemble known for their compelling blend of Americana, roots, and folk music”); and Aubrey and the Clydes, featuring Aubrey and Justin Eisenman on vocals, upright bass and guitar with John Duncan and James Kylen on fiddle and drums respectively.
If you have every considered adopting a wild mustang from out West, you will have your chance on February 20-22 when the Bureau of Land Management horse adoption event comes to the South Congaree Arena in West Columbia, S.C.
Does your horse have numbers on his or her shoulder? Maybe he’s a TB from Down Under. Read about the Australian and New Zealand Thoroughbred brands. A companion piece to Secret Lives of Horses: Long Live Jubilee.
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…
Mikki noted that Chip’s other senses are definitely more heightened. “He hears me from a mile away. If I’m talking in the barn aisle he’ll prick his ears and look at me. We do carrot stretches on both sides and teaching him that was a little tricky – he could sort of follow the scent and try to grab blindly. I just kept the carrot closer to his nose and he discovered his range of motion. We try to trailer him with the other horse on his right side, but overall he functions like any other horse.”
The Aiken County Animal Shelter will soon have a new building devoted to adoption, humane education and dog socialization. The new PAWS building (“Primary learning, Adoption Wellness and Socialization”) is under construction now and is expected to be completed sometime in January.
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Dressage, Trail, or ‘The Bot’By Nancy Johnson, Photography by Pam Gleason Kelly Sigler Patterson never had any intention of importing and breeding horses. A professional horse trainer specializing in foundation work, she was very content running a teaching and training business at her Looking Glass Farm in Wagener. But then, about six years ago, Kelly…
