Family and friends of Will Tankard will be celebrating his life at the Aiken Polo Club Saturday, Oct. 3rd at 2 p.m.. Will, 3 of his horses and his dog were killed in a crash in Ohio in late July.
Alegria (Magoo Laprida, Hilario Ulloa, Lucas Monteverde and Fred Mannix) bounced back from their loss to Ellerstina in the Jockey Club final by racing past Chapaleufú (Pepe Heguy, Nachi Heguy, Bautista Heguy and Eduardo Heguy)15-11 in the opening match of the 2015 Tortugas Open at the Tortugas Country Club in Argentina.
Back in England the summer season has come to an end and the chill of winter is coming on, but in Argentina the weather and the teams are just starting to warm up.
Researchers know that gastric ulcers are common in horses competing in a variety of disciplines, such as endurance, racing, and show jumping. And recently, a Canadian research team added another discipline to that list: polo.
Val de Vie Estate will be hosting the 2015 Cintron Pink Polo on 07 November in the Paarl-Franschhoek Valley, Cape Town. The proceeds generated from this event will be donated to Reach for Recovery to support breast cancer patients.
From starting and stopping to turning and galloping, the repetitive movements of polo ponies place demands on their muscoluskeletal system that could predispose them to injury and lameness.
