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.
Safety Harbor Kids threw their 8th Annual Polo Fundraiser on the polo grounds at Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific Palisades, California. The charity event partnering with Tesla Motors, Sun Fire Defense and Engel Völkers was held to raise funds for orphans, foster and homeless children
So here we go!! The Triple Crown in Argentina, the world's most important achievement of polo, will begin on Tuesday September 29, with the Tortugas Open, the first stage on the way to every polo player's dream, the Argentine Polo Open Championship.
Public matches will be held Friday, September 25th at 5pm & 7pm and Saturday, September 26th at 3pm, 5pm and the finals of the National Sherman Memorial at 7pm.
Admission is free.
On Sunday 13th September British Polo Day – presented by Land Rover, celebrated their fifth British Polo Day China anniversary by returning to the Beijing Tang Polo Club, where the owner Mr Shilai Liu hosted the Day which preluded the following week’s China Open Polo Tournament.
