About The Weekend
Footage of The Camden Hunt, Opening Races of The Carolina Cup at Springdale Racecourse, and The Camden Hunt Hunter Trials, circa 1931, Camden SC; courtesy of the National Steeplechase Museum // Click to watch the full video clip.
Camden is filled with southern charm and a vibrant outdoor sporting legacy.
From grand historic homes and moving reenactments, to hunt clubs, polo matches, and the signature Carolina Cup, Camden has a well-established equestrian community with a long-standing legacy of outdoor sporting life.
We want to ensure that the next generation can enjoy the cherished benefits of a sporting lifestyle.
The Camden Horse & Hound is a weekend showcase, highlighting the bond between horses, hounds, and their humans.
The Camden Horse & Hound weekend event seeks to bring in the next generation of equestrian and outdoor enthusiasts from across the Southeast. With an impressive lineup of vendors, educational opportunities, exhibitions, and exciting competitions, this is a weekend you don’t want to miss.
Event Hosts & Benefactors...
The Weekend Events
The Camden Hunt
The Camden Hunt, established in 1926 and recognized in 1929 by The Masters of Foxhounds Association, has enjoyed a rich heritage of traditional fox hunting for nearly a century. The hounds are primarily crossbred, bred for their nose, drive and stamina, and can press their quarry for hours when scenting conditions are at their best. Game is abundant and consists of red and gray foxes and coyotes. Camden Hunt Country is composed of over 15,000 acres of privately-owned land located in the heart of Kershaw County.
Thanks to the generosity of its landowners, the Firestone-Thiel Land Foundation, The Lloyd Family and Major General Julian H. Burns, The Camden Hunt remains responsible stewards of this land that is a mix of lush wetlands, hardwood bottoms, mature pine forests and open fields. Hunt Country is crisscrossed by miles of trails and is well-paneled with post-and-rail, log, coop and Aiken fences.
The Camden Hunt Mission:
To foster the traditions of fox hunting in Camden, South Carolina and to preserve and protect the wildlife and natural landscape of Camden Hunt Country for future generations.
Hickory Top Farm
Horses have a unique ability to transform lives by helping people engage, connect, and grow. Hickory Top Farm facilitates those experiences. Visitors to Hickory Top connect with horses and meet goals for improved health and well-being through Hickory Top’s therapeutic horsemanship and equine-assisted learning programs. Activities such as riding, grooming, leading, tacking, and feeding stretch and strengthen muscles and promote self-confidence. The horse’s movement helps riders build core strength, increases circulation, and has a positive effect on vital organs as well as the human spirit.
Hickory Top Farm Mission:
Transforming health and well-being through the horse-human relationship.
Weekend Event committees
Camden Charity Polo Cup
Amanda Malanuk, Co-Chair
Matt Shaffer, Co-Chair
Ronnie Boykin
Jennifer Brazell
Dawn Carnell
Andrea Clarke
Edward Clarke
Mary Ann Grainger
Tyler Hudson
Duncan McIntosh
Matt Sekera
Natalie Shaffer
Beth Warnock
Scott Warnock
Laura Wright
Soiree and HOrse & Hound expo
Lynn Evans, Chair
Christine Aitchison
Jill Allard
Ansley Browning
William Browning
Mary Foster Cox
Mary Palmer Dargan
Di DuBose
Cameron Ellington
Holly Hach
Sharon Jones
Wanda Kosempel
Bond Long
Julie Magee
Amanda Malanuk
Salley McInerney
Meredith Mobley
Frank Nickerson
Sue Sensor
Julie Taylor
Pam Whitaker
Cindy Wood
