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.







Friday, February 3, 2012

How to Identify Horse People


+They click or cluck to their children to get them to move.
+Their nice clothes are the ones without horse hair on them.
+They know why there is a yard of string on the end of a horse thermometer.
+They have less closet space than their horse.
+They think nothing of eating a sandwich after mucking out a stall.
+They are the ones stealing all the socks for tail bags.
+They spend hundreds on a horse show just to win a ribbon.