Aiken Horse Show brings classes for all ages
The 94th annual Aiken Horse Show is being held one week early this year.
Spectators and eventers alike will gather in Hitchcock Woods on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the show featuring a myriad of classes that are sure to appeal to everyone. The show starts daily at 9 a.m.
The show kicks off Friday with the $750 Aiken Hounds Welcome Stakes and continues with such classes as open hunter under the saddle and adult amateur hunter over fences.
The day concludes with $1,000 Aiken Horse Show Open Hunter Classic and Gentleman’s Hunter Hack.
Show co-director Gail King said she thinks the show is one of the best in Aiken, if not in the country.
“It is so quintessentially Aiken and held in such a wonderful setting. If people haven’t been in the woods yet, this is a great opportunity for them,” she said. “The show has been held since 1916, and it is one of the most historic shows in the country.”
Saturday features mostly kid-friendly classes, King said, such as open pleasure walk, trot and canter, family class and costume class.
Sunday’s agenda revolves around foxhunter classes such as foxhunter under saddle and junior foxhunter handy working.
This year’s judge is Brian Higham, stud groom for the duke of Beaufort, Badminton, England.
A tent luncheon will be held Saturday and Sunday. Reservations are required. The price is $75. To make reservations, call 642-0528.
The entry fee into the Woods is $10 per car. All proceeds benefit the Hitchcock Woods Foundation. For more information, visit www.aikenhorseshow.org.
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