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96 SIDELINES MAY 2011 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE P O L O

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Polo Kids

Name: Molly Agee

Hometown: Poway, Ca

Age: 12

Ponies: Bullseye, Stormy and Bandit

Coaches: Billy Sheldon, Cary Burch,  Tamie Smith and Rebecca Ratte

Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is your favorite? Stormy he does it all!

What pony would you like to ride? Casey she played in the US Arena Open

How did you get into polo? My step dad Cary who plays arena polo.  He gave me one of his polo ponies Bullseye he’s played in the high goal arena matches with Shane Rice and Billy Sheldon many times.   

Where do you play? Poway Polo Club

What is your favorite tournament? The Open Arena games!!!! Fast and fun polo.  

What was the high point in your polo career? I am the youngest on my team and ride a big horse.  The faster games prior to interscholastic I was able to score goals.   

What was the low point? When the older players forget I am new.  

Who are your polo idols? Shane Rice. He grew up playing polo in Poway where I started and continue to

Molly Agee

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Name: Athena Malin

Hometown: Los Osos, CA

Age: 10

Ponies: Caspian Sea is my hunter horse, Coco is my retired champion pony, & I love all of my coach’s polo ponies.

Coaches: Megan Judge for polo and Michele Miller for hunters.

Of all the ponies you’ve ridden, which is ur favorite?   My favorite “pony” is Coco, my very frst  pony.  My favorite polo pony is Dia!

What pony would you like to ride? Angela, China and Dia are my favorites to ride in a game.

How did you get into polo? The polo feld is in my hometown.  I drive by it twice a day, since I go to school in another town.  My dad always said “Let’s stop and watch” but we never did.  When my friends were visiting from LA, they asked to stop and watch. So we did!  We loved it.  They were in town for another 10 days, so we asked to have a lesson EVERY DAY! For 10 days in a row, we played polo.  After they left, I kept playing and now take a lesson twice a week along with my hunter lessons, fve days a week.

Where do you play? Central Coast Polo in Los Osos

play.   

Other than polo, what do you do? I compete in eventing with my mom.  This year I got my frst sponsor.  I also play club volleyball.     

What are your plans for the future? Continue to improve my level of play.  After high school I plan to attend vet school and  play polo for the college I attend.

What is your favorite tournament? West Coast Regionals. They were held in Indio, California.   Our frst game at Regionals was against El Dorado and then against San Diego.

What was the high point in your polo career?   Having fun with all my friends at Regionals.

What was the low point?   Falling off of Dia, my favorite horse, at practice.

Who are your polo idols? Karen and Kelly, twins that play for Cal Poly as well as Madelyn, Jane, who also play for

Cal Poly.  Of course, my instructor, Megan Judge.

Other than polo, what do you do? I do hunters on my horse Caspian at several local shows. I surf during the summer.  I like to ski too.

What are your plans for the future? I would like to keep having fun with polo.  I want to always work with horses.

Athena Malin on Dia