Mike and Andrea Groubert are the owners of Willowbrook Polo Farm, and you may recognize their story. Mike and Andrea were nominated for this week’s Hometown Heroes segment by Andrea’s mom.
Seeing a Polo horse stop is spectacular ! It requires a great amount of energy. The horse that stops well does it mainly with his hindlegs, putting them under his body. The forelegs reduce the movement of inertia. Maybe you have wondered yourself how many times does a horse stop in a chukker ? For sure a lot more than what you may have thought about.
East Coast Open sees White Birch continue winning streak. The weekend brought exciting play from the States, as Santa Barbara Polo Club saw the Final of The Gulfstream Pacific Coast Open, and Greenwich Polo Club hosted penultimate rounds of The East Coast Open.
It's been a while since I've witnessed the "sport of kings" on the grassy Andrews Road field in Skaneateles. It's heartening to see that Marty Craig is preserving the long lineage of polo that goes back to the first local player, Alexander Sinclair Reynolds, born in Skaneateles in 1896.
Polo is an amazing sport with outstanding human and equine athletes, and the spotlight goes on those players at every match, but a big part of the celebration is about the fans at Saratoga Polo Association, and with the final weekend being a celebration of the 117th birthday of Saratoga Polo, fans will party with the SPA Anniversary Cup.
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Facundo Obregon scored seven goals including three in the final chukker to carry Lucchese (John Muse, Tete Grahn, Facundo Obregon and Jeff Hall) to a 13-10 win over Alegria/Valiente (Julian Mannix, Robert Jornayvaz, Santiago Torres and Sterling Giannico) Sunday afternoon in the final of the Gulfstream Pacific Coast Open at the Santa Barbara Polo Club.
