Aiken Triple Crown: Aiken Trials

Begun in 1942 as a way to give young horses in training the enlightening opportunity to experience every aspect of live racing. There are six races on the program consisting of five races for two-year-olds and maidens (horses that may have started in a race, but have never won) and one race for older horses that have already won. The day before the Trials, come out for the annual Breakfast at the Gallops, a fundraiser for the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum.

The Aiken Trials has become a time honored tradition as the first leg of Aiken’s Triple Crown events, held annually for the last two consecutive Saturdays in March and the first Saturday in April. The Aiken Steeplechase and Pacers & Polo make up the other two events.