The Tryon Riding and Hunt Club, formed in 1925, seeks to enhance and preserve the traditions of the Tryon area by conducting equestrian and philanthropic programs that benefit the entire community.   Other equestrian events are held throughout the … [Read more...]

For more than 70 years, the Tryon Block House Races, the historic steeplechase of the Tryon Riding and Hunt Club.  The steeplechase is held on a one-mile track on 115 acres of land managed by the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) located … [Read more...]

The history of Polk County is the story of the horse. It is true, of course, that the early history of any area includes the reliance of people on horses for transportation and work, but in our community, that reliance has continued to this … [Read more...]

The 19th-century surveyors who laid out Tryon stuck a compass on the map and drew the town boundaries as a circle a mile and a half in diameter. At the center of that circle stands the Tryon Horse. Today's landmark is the fifth-generation Tryon … [Read more...]