The first leg of Aiken's Triple Crown, the Aiken Trials, will be Saturday at the Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road.

This is the 67th anniversary of the Triple Crown, which is held three consecutive Saturdays in March in Aiken. The Aiken Trials features two and three year-olds running in the event. It gives young horses a taste of what they've been training to do. About 10,000 people are expected to attend the program which consists of six races. Five races are for horses that have never raced or those that have raced but have not won.

These races are between one-quarter mile to 4 and a half furlongs. The sixth race is for older horses which have already won. In addition, there will be a polo pony race.

For more information, visit

www.theaikentrainingtrack.com.

In honor of women's history month in March, a women's art exhibit featuring Atlanta artist Malaika Favorite and Nancy Bookhart will be at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History.

Favorite has exhibited throughout the nation. Some of her pieces are part of the permanent collections of the Morris Museum of Art; the Alexander Museum of Art, Alexandra, La.; the National Ecumenical Museum of Art, St. Louis; and the River Road African American Museum, Burnside, La. The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is located at 1116 Phillips St.

For more information, call (706) 724-3576.

Le Chat Noir will present The Beauty Queen of Leenane at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at the theater at 304 Eighth St. The Tony-award winning play is a black comedy about the dysfunctional relationship between a mother and daughter.

For more information, call (706) 722-3322.