I was asked recently to ride a string of ponies who had begun to unravel. The string is a mixture of Argentine and American. All had been ridden by professionals during training and up to their sale to my new client. She had bought the horses at different times and each time been hugely satisfied [...]
Do the Math!
May 13, 2009 By
As we are gearing up to “save” the development of polo players in America, has anyone done the math on that prospect? Do you realize that if the number of American players rated at 5-goals or above represent only 11% of the high goal ranks. More importantly, if you removed all of the foreign players [...]
Canadians are foreigners!
May 8, 2009 By
That’s the bottom line. Forget the fact that they operate no legitimate national association of their own (only a creation that would allow them to compete in the FIP) or that they rely upon the USPA for handicaps and rules. Forget that a number of Canadians have served, and continue to serve on many of [...]
Hanalei…..She stops!
April 25, 2009 By
How to start stopping.
April 13, 2009 By
Legs and weight.
April 10, 2009 By
Horse Training & Riding by Christian Moon Topic: Legs and weight. Reins should be held lightly and never used with intent to do harm. The effectiveness of the rein aids is dependent upon how the rider uses his legs and weight, so rein aids on their own are not complete in facilitating anything more then [...]
PoloZONE Adds Two New Bloggers To Our String!
April 9, 2009 By
PoloZONE would like to welcome Christian Moon and Charles Ward to our string of bloggers. Christian Moon has been providing helpful tips on PoloZONE’s message board for years. His topics range from horse starting and training to polo tactics and riding basics. His blog is titled “Horse Training Tips” which often include links to training [...]
Is your horse broke?
April 8, 2009 By
Know your leads and why you use them.
April 6, 2009 By
Rein Action, weight and leg action.
April 1, 2009 By
The National Polo League? What a joke!
March 11, 2009 By
Go to NPL’s Web Site and you will be startled by the opening four notes of Monday Night Football. You will be told that the National Polo League is identical to the structure of the NFL (National Football League), but you won’t be told that there are no stadiums to house each of the seven “franchises” [...]
No player left behind
March 8, 2009 By
This post has been offered by a reader of ths blog: Clubs must keep established players. But too many players not only drop out, they drop out with a bad taste in their mouths. Established players are polo?s history. Their presence creates a richness and atmosphere that would otherwise be lacking. On a more tangible [...]
Kris Bowman, Because the USPA Staff Isn’t Big Enough
February 20, 2009 By
Most of us received a letter from the PTF pleading for contributions so that it wouldn’t have to trim its (bloated) staff, but apparently not enough of you felt the compulsion to support a PTF staff that has grown tenfold over the same time period that our membership had been decreasing in size. Well, the [...]
Changing of the guard at Eldorado PC
February 4, 2009 By
What is the AIPF?
January 19, 2009 By
It really is about time you asked questions and held your “leaders” accountable for the decisions they make (or in many cases don’t make). It is time you looked into the budget of the USPA, it is time you examined the decisions that are being made regarding the investment of USPA monies into flawed or [...]
