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.
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
On her one year anniversary of her first tournament game, Annabelle Gundlach led her Postage Stamp Farm team (Annabelle Gundlach, Brandon Phillips, Guille Aguero and Leo Mandelbaum) to a 9-4 win over Audi (Santos Bollini, Marc Ganzi, Luis Escobar and Juan Bollini) in the final of the 2015 Tackeria Invitational at the Grand Champions Polo Club Sunday afternoon.
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.
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.