Aiken residents Jim and Debbie Miller’s graded stakes placed Maude S had been installed as the morning line favorite for Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile, $60,000, Wild Rose Stakes at Prairie Meadows.
The title of the book says it all. Patrick Smithwick’s powerful tome Flying Change: A Year of Racing and Family and Steeplechasing, provides readers with an in-depth look at the challenges and transitions the author copes with while facing...
The benefit of time and experience can often mean the difference between moving forward or remaining at the same level. Palace Malice was impressive during his juvenile campaign, demonstrating the promise many had seen after his first two starts,...
OCALA, Fla.--When Webb Carroll first saw Goldencents, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The veteran horseman was so impressed with the colt’s stride, he didn’t think the horse was normal.
Dogwood Stable’s Palace Malice always showed class. Those were the words of Niall Brennan of Niall Brennan Stables in Ocala, Fla. The horseman who broke and trained the multiple stakes placed horse, saw something special in the colt when he...
It’s a relationship that keeps on improving. Victor Segovia has had the ride on the Romeo Group’s Romeo, a 15-year-old Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding by Cantero, and he’s the horse that the rider has represented his country,...
Eventer Lynn Symansky and her 10-year-old U.S.-bred Thoroughbred Donner built on their success of winning the CIC*** earlier this month at The Fork in Norwood, N.C. The rider/horse combination would go onto finish fifth after jumping clear Sunday...
An injury to Jennifer Matheson’s ankle and right shoulder, sustained during the cones phase at the Little Everglades Combined Driving Event this winter, did nothing to deter the intrepid competitor. The Aiken resident won the National Pair...
Will Faudree and Jennifer Mosing’s Pawlow find themselves in fifth after the cross country phase at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI****. The rider and 14-year-old Irish-bred Thoroughbred gelding were 11th after dressage.
One would think, being blind in one eye might be an encumbrance. Renee Kvartek’s Warmblood has never used that as an excuse, and when the gelding has been paired with locally based horseman Gonzalo Garcia, the rider/horse combination has...
A number of eventers who have their winter base of operation in Aiken, or compete in horse trials in the area, are among those on the leaderboard at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI**** this weekend at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Dogwood Stable’s Big Screen returns today in the 85th running of the $150,000 Grade 3 Westchester Handicap at Belmont Park. The gray son of the 2004 Eclipse Award winning sprinter Speightstown will carry 117 pounds in the 1-mile race. The Tom...
Dogwood Stable’s Palace Malice will have his final breeze moved up a day, and will work Saturday at Churchill Downs in preparation for the 139th Kentucky Derby on May 4, said W. Cothran Campbell, Dogwood Stable president, in a phone interview...
Copperville Farm’s Dance to Bristol was dominant Saturday night in winning the Sugar Maple Stakes at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, The 4-year-old daughter of the 2004 Eclipse Award winning sprinter Speightstown scored a 9-length...
Courage and cleverness, those were two of the adjectives used by Grand Prix rider Harold Chopping to describe Aiken-resident Paddy Ann Burns’ Zangersheide gelding Calando Z. The rider/horse combination had to play their speed card again on...
