The Attributes of a Good Polo Pony



Speed, intelligence and agility by themselves, do not make a good polo pony. He must be clever. He must be able to dodge and swerve while going full speed, and to wheel and turn on the proverbial dime. Besides this, he must be able to follow the ball, and instinctively put his rider in a good position to hit it. He must be completely steady and unaffected by the waving mallets and yelling crowds. In addition, and no less important, he must have much courage, and not flinch from contact, sometimes violent, with another mount.







Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Umpire


Since Thursday my son has been umpiring in RI. The Northeast regional playoffs for interscholastic (high school age) girls was held from Feb. 5-8, 2009 at Glen Farm in Portsmouth. Competing were Newport, Westchester, Culver Academy, Country Farms and Cedar Valley from Toronto. Needless to say, its winter here in the Northeast, so this is Arena polo. Back to umpiring. My son got involved in umpiring last year. He still has more training to take so that he can advance. Right now he can only umpire at the lower goal games. He really enjoys umpiring. It is a great way to keep-up with polo during the long winter months and it keeps his mind sharp. Its also a few extra $ in his pocket. Since we don't use our horses, I like the fact that I don't have to worry about tending to horses, and can just enjoy watching polo, and visiting with everyone.
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