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 to the Aiken Training Track's web site. Established in 1941, the Aiken Training Track has had 39 Thoroughbred Champions call this place home at one time or another. Steeped in history and charm and seasoned with a great deal of character, the Aiken Training Track invites you to consider our facility for your Thoroughbreds training pleasure. Barns and stalls are available for lease, contact us to inquire.
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This Week's At The Races
By Ben Baugh
7/13/2009 - Darley's Olly Tait has been elected to the Breeders' Cup board of directors and was unanimously approved as the audit and finance committee chair.
Mary Lee-Butte, the executive director of the Blue Grass Farm Chaplaincy, was selected as the 2009 Dogwood Dominion Award winner.
Camelia Casby's Law Enforcement added to his already impressive resume with a 2 ½-length victory Wednesday in the 7-furlong Promonroe Stakes at Belmont Park. The 4-year-old New York-bred colt by multiple graded stakes winner Posse is conditioned by Mark Hennig and was broken and trained in Aiken by Legacy Stable's Ron Stevens.
Carl Lizza's Flying Zee Stable's Hangingbyathread closed late to win the 1-1/8-mile Do It Fast Stakes on the Inner turf Wednesday at Belmont Park. The 5-year-old chestnut gelding won by 1-3/4 lengths. The son of Giant's Causeway trained at W.C. and Iris Freeman's Chime Bell Farm.
Fairwinds Farm's stakes placed Indian Ink demolished the field in a 1-mile, 70-yard allowance race, winning by 14 lengths Saturday at River Downs. The 4-year-old daughter of Gold Market is conditioned by Mike Rone and was broken and trained in Aiken by Kelly Tucker...More |
At The Races
By Ben Baugh
7/9/2009 - Al Darlington was recently featured in the July 2009 edition of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred. The retired trainer was the host of the radio show "Down the Stretch" and was co-host of "Post Time" with Cecil "The Voice of Racing" Atchley, a radio show devoted to Thoroughbred racing that aired for four years in Aiken during the 1990s.
Legacy Stable's Ron Stevens broke and trained the first two finishers, Cat Moves and Light Green, of Saturday's Grade One Prioress Stakes at Belmont Park.
"She (Cat Moves) was a filly who improved steadily the whole time she was here," said Stevens. "She was a nice solid filly. Light Green was more racy, more precocious and had a lot of speed. She dug in and never quit and gave her stable mate all she wanted. They're both very good fillies."
Stakes winner P.Kerney, who was broken and trained in Aiken by Ron Stevens, was recently featured in the Blood-Horse. The gelded son of Pleasant Tap established a track record at Charles Town Races and Slots for 7 furlongs on July 8, 2006...More |
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