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124 SIDELINES FEBRUARY 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE S I D E L I N E S J R

Polo Kids

Name: Sardar Ameer-Humza Ahmad Khan

Hometown: Frisco, Texas

Age:  14

Ponies Played: Enzo, America Girl, CiCi, Walker  

Coaches: David Barons and my father, Adnan Sardar  and my mom Shazieh Ahmad who yells instructions from the sidelines!

Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite? Enzo - he is a gelding that once belonged to Matias Magrini and Sain Joseph that is now owned by my father.

What pony would you like to ride? Califa! 

How did you get into polo? My father encouraged me to play and than I got hooked! I started playing last year in PTF I/I Interscholastic for Ft. Worth Team.

What is your favorite tournament? Outdoor at Prestonwood Polo Club, but I would love to play in the US Open and the Argentine Open.

What was the high point in your polo career? Scoring the winning goal at Prestonwood Polo Club during the fnal game of ‘Polo on the Lawn’.

What was the low point? Losing in the Interscholastic Final Tournament at Brushy Creek. 

Who are your Polo Idols? Memo Gracida and Bautista Heguy, Adolfo Cambiaso.

Other than polo, what do you do? I play football, basketball, soccer and run track for my Griffen Middle School, Frisco, Texas.

What are your plans for the future? I want to go to Stanford, graduate with a medical degree and be a successful surgeon and play polo all my life.

Fill out this easy questionnaire and e-mail it to editor@ sidelinesnews.com. Be sure to include a photo scanned at a minimum of 300 dpi, and tell us who took the picture. Name: Hometown: Age: Ponies: Coaches:

Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite?

What pony would you like to ride?

How did you get into polo? Where do you play? What is your favorite tournament?

What was the high point in your polo career?

What was the low point? Who are your Polo Idols? Other than polo, what do you do? What are your plans for the future?

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