No. 01
26-stall courtyard barn
Renovated 2004. Matted stalls, wide aisles, wash stalls and tack/feed rooms — light, airy and meticulously kept.
01 · The Property
A courtyard barn renovated in 2004, two arenas, high grass turnout, and a private gate into the 2,000-acre Hitchcock Woods — all in the heart of Aiken's horse country.
The barn
The heart of the property is a courtyard-style barn — 26 generous stalls arranged around an open center, renovated in 2004 and kept immaculate ever since. Wide matted aisles, wash stalls with hot water, organised tack and feed rooms, and the kind of ventilation that keeps a horse breathing easy through a Carolina summer.
Horses go out daily onto high-quality grass pastures. Care here is hands-on and attentive: the Vaughns and their staff know every horse in the barn by name, by quirk, and by what keeps it sound.
"A barn you can hack out of, straight into 2,000 acres of woods."
— The Stable on the Woods 292 Rubins Cottage Lane · Aiken, SC02 · What's on the property
No. 01
Renovated 2004. Matted stalls, wide aisles, wash stalls and tack/feed rooms — light, airy and meticulously kept.
No. 02
A full-size dressage arena with mirrors for schooling movements honestly — maintained footing, dragged daily.
No. 03
A dedicated ring with a working set of jumps for hunters, jumpers and the show-jumping phase of eventing.
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Quality grass turnout across the 70 acres, with sensible group and individual paddocks for daily horse time.
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A private gate opens onto the 2,000-acre Hitchcock Woods — groomed sand trails for hacking, conditioning and the hunt.
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A rental cottage on the property — ideal for visiting owners, working students, or a quiet base during show weeks.
The Hitchcock Woods
The Hitchcock Woods is one of the largest urban forests in the United States — 2,000 acres of protected sand trails, sweeping fields and pine, dedicated to horses and walkers. The Stable on the Woods sits directly on its edge.
That access is the reason riders move their horses here. You can leave the arena, walk through the gate, and put miles of soft footing under your horse — building wind, bone and bravery the way no treadmill or round pen ever will.
"It is what makes a sound, brave, happy horse — minutes from the barn aisle."
— Aiken, South Carolina
See it in person
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