Last minute decision pays off at Southern Rebel Barrel Futurity
Benson North Carolina rider Madison Blackmon chose to compete Friday night in the Southern Rebel Barrel Futurity youth and open divisions at The Hip. She rode Colonel Jet Smoke known as Cactus, a six year old gelding trained mostly by herself. The pair compete on the National Barrel Horse Association circuit and qualified for the Youth World in Perry Georgia in July.
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North Augusta
Madison Blackmon
Hippodrome
Benson, N.C
Dale Blackmon
Madison
Kim Blackmon
Dale
Blackmons
Colonel Jet Smoke
Cactus
Jet Smoke
Kim
Ble Bond
Barrel Horse Association
Perry
Exercise rider Charlie Davis recalls Secretariat and Riva Ridge bond
South Carolina native Charlie Davis, 73, recalls working with Secretariat and Riva Ridge. He describes training days in Aiken, meeting Dogwood Stable president W Cothran Campbell, and the deep bond with Secretariat, including the 52 inch girth and Belmont Stakes belief.
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Secretariat
Penny Chenery
Lucien Laurin
Ron Turcotte
Big Red
South Carolina
Charlie Davis
Willcox
Aiken
Dogwood Stable
W. Cothran Campbell
Davis
Campbell
Ocala
Fla
Palmetto State
Eutawville
Santee
Holly Hill
E.M. O’brien
Garden State Park
Cherry Hill
N.J
Riva Ridge
T.J. Kelly
Pat Kelly
Live Oak Stud
Peniston Farm
Ronny Turcotte
Tommy Feliciano
Tommy
Ronnie
Turcotte
Birds and Butterflies of Aiken Nature Series Adds 2014 Seminars
Birds and Butterflies of Aiken continues its annual Nature Series in 2014 with new seminars on Kats and Antarctica, a Fall Line talk spanning New York City to Texas, a Hitchcock Woods walk, and a Tagging Turtles for Jesus study. Ron Brenneman notes 800 attendees in 2013 and hopes for broader interest.
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Aiken
Antarctica
New York City
Aiken County
Texas
Hitchcock Woods
Jesus
Ron Brenneman
2014 Nature Series Schedule and Details
The Aiken Standard outlines the 2014 Nature Series schedule with seminars on birds bats and local wildlife. Events run monthly from January to November at Birds & Butterflies 117 Laurens St NW with limited field trips and rain dates. Reservations cost five dollars per seminar, free for attendees 16 and younger, call 803-649-7999 for seats.
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Silver Bluff Audubon Center
Brenneman
Birds & Butterflies
Laurens St. N.W
Aiken County Museum lecture series starts January 14
The Friends of the Aiken County Historical Museum host five lectures at 10 30 a m on Tuesdays January 14 through February 11 in the museum ballroom 433 Newberry St SW Speakers include Elliott Levy Paul Sauerborn Dacre Stoker Owen Clary Walt Joseph and a Skipper Perry panel The five lecture package costs 15 for members 30 for non members single lectures 10 for info call 803 642 2015
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Friends of the Aiken County Historical Museum
Aiken County Historical Museum
Newberry
Savannah River
Skipper Perry
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Ota
Leanone
Armadillo’s
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Rustburg
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Porky Bradberry
Jewelry Your One Stop Jewelry Store
Whiskey Road
Aiken HS OE
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