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.







Saturday, December 4, 2010

Christmas Photo


Every Thanksgiving I bribe my family into participating in a group photo. My goal is to get each of the nieces and nephews, holding each of our horses. One year I had each of the kids riding each of the horses, but when I mentioned trying that again this year, i got lots of dirty looks. So here is this years' Christmas photo. Shown from left to right are: Kayleah with C'est Bon; Erin with Fancy; Laurel with DB; Nick with Mudslide; Matty with Eva; and Kayla with Trick.
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