Polo at Elkhorn Farm in Midway KY!  David Cummings put on a great party and game – but who doesn’t have fun playing polo and partying? Buck Shott, Eddie Martinez, Stephanie Preston, Michael McClaughlin, David Cummings, Zeke the Flag,  Trey Schott and somebody’s kid
Photo by Josey

Club news: There are plans afoot to set a new world record for the longest polo game: 30 chukkers, to be played on November 4 in Aiken, SC at the Storm Branch Equestrian Club. The “Dawn to Dusk Challenge” will raise funds for soldiers and military servicemen. The game will run from 8:00am to 7:00pm, and with eleven hours of play, organizers hope to run four chukkers per hour. One brave soul, otherwise known as Luis Escobar, will attempt to break the world record of most chukkers played by riding in every chukker. Randy Russell’s Polo America is behind this madness, and you can find more information at poloamerica.com. No matter what happens, we think that this is one not-to-be-missed undertaking!!!

Dan and Agnes Keating are at it again. What a success their International Polo Series in Portsmouth, RI has been. The Newport Polo club has added the Netherlands to their invitations this summer, one of the newest nations to take up polo in the sport’s 2000-year history.  The Dutch team, including captain Pablo van den Brink, Renske Quellhors, t Martijn van Scherpenzeel and Alexander van Andel will be young and highly competitive.

Now this is a first: Polo’s own golden boy, Mr. Nacho Figueras, rung the closing bell on Monday, June 21, at the NY Stock Exchange in honor of the Vueve Clicquot Polo Classic that weekend on Governor’s Island. Why is it noteworthy? Well, Nacho brought one of his polo ponies along to assist him - making it the first time a horse has visited the NYSE!!!!

Prestonwood Polo Club fan and soap actor Ty Treadway makes his return to daytime TV after a hiatus. He was a soap star on One Life To Live and co host on Soapnets’ Soap Talk with Lisa Rinna, and while sources are not at liberty to say on which channel or show he’ll be on, but we’ll let you know as soon as it’s safe to let the cat out of the bag!

Ty and wife Monica, a former Miss North Texas enjoy polo matches and have served as honorary chairs for Polo on the Lawn event as well as Master of Ceremonies at their first WCT event last October.

The Gay Polo League continues to grow by leaps and bounds: founder Chip McKenney tells us that the GPL now has a permanent home at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center! Check out Chip’s facebook page for all the latest GPL news and events. They are a busy group - go gay polo!

Does anyone know if there’s truth in the rumor floating around that Glenn Straub is planning on bringing polo back to PBPCC?  We heard it was women’s polo, not ‘the big game’ but in any case, it should be welcome.

Catching up:  Kris Kampsen is the newest Ralph Lauren model, featured in an ad for polo jerseys (what else?)  Follow the link and look for his pretty face on a horse wearing the #2 jersey, blue and yellow and orange helmet.  He is also one of the few real polo players in the ad.

http://www.ralphlauren.com/home/index.jsp?ab=int_fd_unitedstates

We hear Frank Stallone published a book, but that’s all the info we have on the subject.  We expect Frank will be happy to fill you in and sell you a copy!

Did you see the spread in The New York Observer on Bridgehampton Polo in mid-June? Just Google “Has Polo Lost Its Mojo?”, and trust us, it’s a good read.

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