Race for the Crown
		Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- During three Saturdays in spring, Aiken celebrates its horse heritage. The Triple Crown is a chance for people to witness the work of the trainers, jockeys and owners who spend the winter in Aiken preparing for a year of racing.

	Steeplechase growing by leaps and bounds
		Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- To hear Georgianna Conger-Wolcott tell it, this year's Aiken Steeplechase is ``shaping up swimmingly.''

	Horses pull their weight economically
		Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- Nothing much is certain about horses, which is why people bet on them at the tracks.

	Aiken Trials to test young racehorses
		Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- The calendar says spring starts Monday, but many Aiken residents will tell you it actually begins Saturday with the first of three straight weekends of horse racing.

	Aiken's climate, facilities draw trainers
	Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- Downright balmy days in February and March convinced trainers wintering horses in Aiken for the first time this year that they made a good choice.

	Imposing Gelderlanders will grace pair of events
		Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- They stand nearly 16 hands high, their backs straight and long and their hooves broad and strong. They are Gelderlanders -- and they're beautiful.

	Harness-racing fever builds
		Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- Bruce and Janis McGhee were determined to put on a super show at the Aiken Harness Race this year to benefit the University of South Carolina Aiken.

	Harness racing began as a 'church activity'
		Web-posted 3/16/2000   AIKEN -- The Aiken Mile Track -- now named McGhees' Mile -- has a place in harness racing unsurpassed by any other training center in the country.