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About Ben Baugh
Ben Baugh covers the equestrian beat for the Aiken Standard. Among the awards Baugh has won include the 2003 Raleigh Burroughs Award as the turf writer making the most impact on the Florida Thoroughbred Industry. Baugh is a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association, worked for North America’s leading Thoroughbred breeder Adena Springs in Ocala, Fla. and interned at Thoroughbred Racing Communications in New York, N.Y.
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Equine therapy demonstration to be held today

5/25/2012 9:57 PM   

A cookout and fundraiser is being held today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Boots, Bridles and Britches, as a way of supporting our troops. Those attending will have an opportunity to watch live demonstrations on how to treat post-combat-related transi ...

Diavoli Rossi defeats Duck Hill Farm/Casa Azul to reach finals

5/25/2012 9:22 PM   

Diavoli Rossi was on a mission Friday afternoon at Whitney Field and never lost their focus. They found themselves in a must win situation against Duck Hill Farm/Casa Azul in the Aiken Polo Club's USPA Congressional 8 goal tournament having to win by ...

Miller horses enjoying success

5/25/2012 12:32 PM   

Jim and Debbie Miller's Maude S. and Daisy Devine continue to amaze. The latter became a Grade 1 winner when she won the 1 1/16-mile $300,000 Jenny Wiley Stakes on the turf at Keeneland on April 14. However, it's the Miller's other horse that's been ...

Dutton and Mystery Whisper win Jersey Fresh qualify for Olympics

5/25/2012 2:05 AM   

Aiken connections were prominent in Allentown, N.J. as eventer Phillip Dutton and James and Arden Wildasin's Mystery Whisper would place first at the Jersey Fresh CCI*** (the weekend of May 11-13), and have qualified for the 2012 London Summer Olympi ...

Upperline among the entries for Saturday's Arlington Matron

5/24/2012 7:37 PM   

Stone Farm, John Adger, Oakcrest Farm and Mike Stidham's Upperline is among the entries in Saturday's 1 1/8-mile $150,000 Grade 3 Arlington Matron at Arlington Park. The 5-time stakes winner demonstrated her ability to go a distance in her last st ...

Dogwood Stable's Big Screen to return in Hill Prince Stakes

5/24/2012 6:06 PM   

Dogwood Stable's stakes placed Big Screen will return June 16 at Belmont Park in the 38th running of the Grade 3 $150,000 Hill Prince Stakes to be contested at 1-mile over the Widener Turf Course. The gray colt was purchased for $125,000 at the 20 ...

Alpha pointed toward Belmont

5/23/2012 11:32 PM   

Alpha is under consideration to race in the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. The graded stakes winner, broken and trained in Aiken by Tim Jones, is among 13 horses listed as possible starters for the 144th runnin ...

Derry Heir rallies to defeat Diavoli Rossi in Congressional Cup

5/23/2012 10:56 PM   

Derry Heir's strong play in the game's last 2 chukkers, not only shifted the contest's momentum enabling them to rally, but worked to limit Diavoli Rossi's scoring opportunities. Derry Heir would go onto to win Wednesday's contest at Fox Nation in th ...

Aiken-trained Alpha under consideration for the Belmont Stakes

5/23/2012 4:16 PM   

Godolphin Racing LLC's Alpha is under consideration for the third jewel of Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, the 144th running of the 1 1/2-mile Grade 1 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. on June 9. The graded stakes winner was broken a ...

Horse riding camp at Devonwood Farms provides summer fun

5/20/2012 11:57 PM   

A week of summer fun is what Devonwood Farms offers with its horse riding camps, which start the first week of June and run through the end of July. Young equestrians between the ages of 5 and 16 will have a chance to learn more about horses and h ...

Bottega defeats Mt. Brilliant to win Pete Bostwick Memorial
Bottega defeats Mt. Brilliant to win Pete Bostwick Memorial

5/20/2012 11:31 PM   

Mt. Brilliant's strong play in the first two chukkers seemed to suggest it was the better organized team, and the team appeared to be headed for a victory in the 302 Polo USPA Pete Bostwick Memorial 14-goal tournament Sunday afternoon at Meadow Hill. ...

Blackberg Ranch wins USPA Constitution Cup in overtime thriller

5/20/2012 11:01 PM   

In a game that featured 30 fouls, Blackberg Ranch defeated Natural Soda 7-6 in overtime to win the Aiken Polo Club USPA Constitution Cup 4 goal tournament Sunday at Whitney Field. Blackberg Ranch's Joaquin Tadeo opened the game's scoring, successf ...

Students praised at 13th Celebration of Character
Students praised at 13th Celebration of Character

5/19/2012 11:37 PM   

In a city where character comes first, it shouldn't come as a surprise that a ceremony honoring students who will soon be among the community's and nation's leaders was held to celebrate their admirable moral and ethical qualities. The Celebration of ...

Wagener graduates compare memories at 60th class reunion
Wagener graduates compare memories at 60th class reunion

5/19/2012 11:32 PM   

Bill Posey, a member of the Wagener High School graduating class of 1952, described his classmates as a bunch of young folks who were getting together to celebrate their 60th high school reunion. A group of 17 people, including a former teacher, met ...

Friday's game serves as finals preview

5/18/2012 11:00 PM   

Mt. Brilliant started quickly, and after a momentary lapse in the 3rd chukker, found the momentum bouncing their way in the second half as they were able to hold onto to defeat Bottega 11-10 Friday afternoon in the 302 Polo USPA Pete Bostwick Memoria ...

FirstView defeats Barrington 10-8 in Bostwick Memorial

5/18/2012 8:56 PM   

It was a must win game for both FirstView and Barrington in the 302 Polo Pete Bostwick Memorial 14 goal tournament Friday afternoon at Fox Nation. Barrington was coming off a difficult loss to Bottega Tuesday afternoon, and was hoping to show some re ...

Carlisle well-respected as an artist and person
Carlisle well-respected as an artist and person

5/18/2012 12:10 AM   

Aiken resident Lynn Carlisle, a highly respected artist, whose work appears in many of the nation's preeminent private collections of sporting art, died Thursday morning. Carlisle was killed Thursday morning after a domestic dispute with her ex-husba ...

Aiken's Biddle relishes role as a roving professional umpire

5/17/2012 9:32 PM   

Aiken's Bradley Biddle grew up in the sport of polo, but on Jan. 1, 2012 he assumed a new role as a full-time United States Polo Association roving professional umpire. The opportunity has enabled him to improve his skills, and although he's been ump ...

Frommer horses to start in Pimlico stakes on Friday

5/16/2012 10:03 PM   

Dark Hollow Farm's stakes winner Plum returns Friday in the $300,000 1 1/8-mile Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico. The 3-year-old chestnut daughter of Pure Prize is conditioned by Hall of Fame show jumper Rodney Jenkins, and will break from ...

Schickedanz homebred wins Woodbine allowance

5/16/2012 6:53 PM   

Gustav Schickedanz's homebred Artic Fern scored a 1 1/2-length victory in a 6 1/2-furlong race at Woodbine on May 12. The 5-year-old son of the 1996 Sovereign Award winning sprinter Langfuhr was piloted to victory by jockey David Clark over the Polyt ...