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.







Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Sunday's Winner


The winner on Sunday was Country Farm from Medford,NY. Final score was Country Farm 14/Culver 13. It was a very exciting game. Ponies got high reviews from the players. Best playing pony was NUAZ, a large bay mare from Newport.Monies were raised through raffles to fund an electronic scoreboard for Glen Farm. Country Farm will advance to the USPA National girls interscholastic tournament held at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on Feb. 26-March 1, 2009. They will play against the winners of two other regional playoffs as well as the Brandywine, Garrison Forest, Maryland, Shallowbrook, and UConn teams. This will determine the 2009 National interscholastic girls champion team. It is amazing to watch these girls play, and every year there seems to be more and more interest in polo at the high school level.
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