The way to the final of the Tortugas Open, first competition of the Triple Crown in Argentina, will start on the weekend with the two semifinal matches.
This year’s Gold Cup may have been about the Pieres brothers and the raft of young British players competing, but there was another standout in Jose Ramon Araya, the 16-year-old Argentine who graced the Cowdray Park fields in the final.
Horses used in the game of polo (known as “ponies” although many are full-sized horses) are asked to sprint at top speed, turn sharply, make sudden stops, stay balanced while riders shift their weight far out of center, and even run into other horses to gain an advantageous position. The nature of the game puts both ponies and players in a position to sustain injuries.
Aspen Valley and Grand Champions Polo Clubs will be well-represented this week in a polo tournament at the Gulf Coast's premier Point Clear Polo Club in Silverhill, Ala.
The 2015/16 UK Winter Arena Season Polo ‘bible’ Released
Following the rebranding of the HPA Blue Book earlier this year as the HPA’s publishers the team at The Polo Magazine and Polo Times HQ have been working hard this Autumn to produce the new-look Arena Polo Year Book 2015/16.
A polo ball must be within the limits of 3 to 3-1/2 inches in diameter and 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 ounces in weight. A polo ball is usually made of a solid hard plastic. The most common polo balls in use are
The 2014 defending Tortugas Open champion La Dolfina (Adolfo Cambiaso, Pelon Stirling, Pablo MacDonough and Juan Martin Nero) scored four unanswered goals in the opening chukker of their first Tortugas Open match Monday afternoon
