Past Recipients
(click on name to view page)
Congaree - 2002
Wando - 2003
Limehouse - 2005
Bob and John - 2006
Midshipman - 2008
Quality Road - 2009 & 2010
It's Tricky - 2011
Alpha - 2012
Palace Malice - 2013 & 2014
Curalina - 2015 & 2016
Dickinson - 2017
Still Having Fun - 2018
Concrete Rose - 2019
Induction Requirements
The nominees must have spent part of its racing career training in Aiken County.
Must have won at least one Graded Stakes race during the year or exceeded $500,000 in career earnings.
Aiken Trained Horse of the Year
2022 Recipient - Private Creed
Brown Colt
Sire:
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Owner:
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Aiken Trainer:
Foaled:
Jimmy Creed
South Andros by Sky Mesa
Mike McCarty
Sierra Farm
Steven M. Asmussen
Mason Springs Training Center
February 5, 2020
Private Creed ridden by jockey Joel Rosario finished third in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland on November 4, 2022.
Photo by Gonzalo Anteliz Jr. and used with permission.
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum
"Home of Aiken's Racing Champions"
Information: 803-642-7631
Hours of Operation
Tuesday - Friday 2 pm - 5 pm
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday 2 pm - 5 pm
Free admission
Private Creed ridden by jockey Joel Rosario wins the Indian Summer Stakes at Keeneland on October 9, 2022. Photo by Matt Wooley and used with permission.