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.







Thursday, May 10, 2012

Time Off

As you may recall, we fostered Merlin, a Percheron/TB for Dec. and Jan. After he was adopted, we fostered Wizard(shown in the photo), an Arab. Isn't he cute?Both horses were gray in color. Merlin was 17.2 hands tall, and Wizard was around 14 hands. Initially people driving past the farm thought Merlin had shrunk in size, which was rather amusing. Wizard was here for about 3 months and was also adopted. Wizard left on a Friday at around noontime. His stall was stripped and everything cleaned that he had been using during his stay with us. What a luxury to have only 2 horses. I should have known this wouldn't last. Mark had been up to MA on business the previous week, and during his drive back to SC, he stopped at the UCONN Auction. Saturday around noontime we get a phone call from Mark. "I bought a polo horse. Can you pick-it-up in CT before 5Pm today? Also, can I board him at your place for a couple of weeks before I move north for the summer?" Well, at least we
got to enjoy having only 2 horses for 28 hours!!!!
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