94 SIDELINES NOVEMBER 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
The Pink & Plaid Tailgate, won “The Best Tailgate” prize at
The Harriman Cup
at the
Meadowbrook Polo Club
, the oldest
polo club in the United States. The alumni polo teams of the
University of Virginia and Yale fought a heated match before a
row of classic cars ranging from a Lincoln K convertible to two
1930’s Packards. In the end, the U.Va. team was triumphant
with a fnal score of 6 to 5. U.Va. teammate
Carl B. Scherer
was designated the match MVP, and
Maruka
, owned by Yale
teammate
Chip Stiegler,
was awarded the Best Playing Pony.
Photo by Debbie Miracolo of Guest of a Guest
e
Left to right: Jon and his son Hudson and
polo trainer Tommy Ezcurra with Tommy, Jr
.
Photo by PMc
.
Jon Heinemann
and other like minded polo
enthusiasts including Brandywine Polo Club’s
Brendan Walsh
will head to the La Carolina
Polo Fields in Argentina this December for
an intensive week of training and playing with
trainer
Tommy Ezcurra
. Jon and the group
are excited about the “polo boot camp” as they
will be able to hone their skills in the saddle
three times a day; morning, afternoon and
at night. They will culminate this year’s week
with a day trip to see the Argentine Open
Tournament in Palermo, Buenos Aires where
they will have the chance to watch some of the
best players battle it out on the feld, including
Adolfo Cambiaso, Juan Martin Nero
and
David Sterling.
Tim Ryan,
longtime polo groom, passed away in Aiken, South
Carolina after a brief illness. Tim, who took a bubble gun or wand with
him wherever he went, worked for a number of polo players in many
places, including
Alison Colquhoun
in Denver, Colorado, and more
recently for
Toby Wayman
in Sheridan, Wyoming and Aiken, South
Carolina, his current winter home. He had many friends in Aiken and
enjoyed living there on his farm next to Toby. He was quick to laugh
and loved a good burger and fun friends.
Photo by Deborah Parry