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Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina

03 Mar 1970

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Aiken Standard

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Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1970

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7

Aiken Hosts Million Dollar Horse Industry in Winter

The article traces horse racing and breeding from ancient Arabia to modern days, highlighting South Carolina's Golden Era, Saratoga, and the national rise of racing. It notes Aiken as a premier training center with 321 thoroughbreds in winter training, 16 trainers, 214 workers, and substantial local spending on feed, tack, rent, and taxes.

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South Carolina Spotless Edward Fenwick Jockey Club Rutledge Avenue Ashley Washington Course Charles Pinckney General Washington Hampden General Read Fenwick Manigault Moultrie Charleston America Wade Hampton Irving South Broadway Virginia Maryland North Carolina Kentucky New York Pittsburgh Saratoga United States S.C South High Rock Spring William Johnson John Mor Aiken
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Author profile highlights racing history in Aiken

E Barry Ryan, a New Yorker by birth raised in Montreal, writes on thoroughbred racing and its impact on Aiken. He grew up with horse racing, graduated from Wesleyan College, and now owns a breeding farm near Lexington while training horses in Aiken for 14 years, praising the local facility as the nation’s best.

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