128 SIDELINES JANUARY 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Jerry Spitler
, fancé of Sidelines publisher
Samantha Charles
,
had a little scare with some chest pains while out duck hunting
in North Dakota not too long ago. With a little stent, he is back in
business. We are relieved to know he is well and back at it. We
wish him a quick return to riding so he can hunt his gorgeous new
Canadian Sport horse the Duke of Earl.
U.S. Polo Association has selected eight new standout
players
to the 2013 Team USPA Development Program. The
prestigious Team USPA program was established two years ago
to help advance the sport of polo by identifying talented young
American players and giving them an opportunity to develop and
refne
their skills. Team USPA’s eight new players – seven males
and one female – are all participating in the USPA Intercollegiate/
Interscholastic program and currently play for their respective
college or high school programs.
The eight new Team USPA
members are:
Daniel Galindo
, of Thermal, California;
Jeff
Shuler
, of Aiken, South Carolina;
Kylie Sheehan
, of Owings Mills,
Maryland;
Harrison Samaniego
, of Rancho Santa Fe, California;
Miguel Questel
, of Campo, California;
Devin Vass
, of Powell,
Ohio;
Patrick Uretz
, of Malibu, California; and
Matthew Collins
,
of Reisterstown, Maryland.
Way to go Ladies! The
U.S. Open Women’s Polo
Championship®, held at
the Houston Polo Club in
Houston, Texas showcased
some of the best women’s
polo in the world. In an all-
out battle for the nation’s
only National Level USPA
title in women’s polo, A-F
Pony Farms, consisting
of
Karen Reese, Dayelle
Fargey, Tiffany Busch
and
Lia Salvo
scored an exciting
6-5 overtime win over the
San Saba players,
Dawn Jones, Caroline Anier, Clarissa
Echezaretta
and
Lesley Ann Masterton Fong-Yee
. Dawn
Jones (pictured), wife of actor and polo player Tommy Lee
Jones, takes a shot in an elimination match.
Photo by Kaylee Scherbinski
Congratulations
to
Whitney Baldwin
on
her recent engagement
to
Jonathan Cameron-
Hayes
. We understand
that a farm in Wellington
is next up on the
agenda!
e
Empire Polo Club
in Indio, California, has amazing scenery,
world-class polo and lots of great events lined up for their
2013 season. Two noteworthy events include the Townsend
Cup Arena Challenge between England and the USA. The 20
Goal + arena game will have players fying in from England
and from all over the United States to compete on January
12th. And don’t miss Polo d’Elegance, a charity event hosted
by
Nacho Figueras
and Empire Polo Club to beneft
Autism
Speaks
. Nacho will be at the club on March 23rd for this event
– and we all know Sidelines Magazine readers are big fans of
Nacho. If you go to Polo d’Elegance take a photo of Nacho and
send it to Sidelines for us to share.
Photo by Jim Bremner/PoloZONE.com.
Goose Creek’s
Sunny
Hale
was in full swing
(pictured) during the
U.S. Open Women’s
Polo Championship® at
the Houston Polo Club
in Houston, Texas. The
competition also marked
a historic starting point
of Sunny’s American
Polo Horse Association’s
(APHA) efforts
to
formally recognize the
use of American Quarter
Horses in polo through
an awards program.
George Georgiades
,
President of the Houston
Polo Club, helped to present the Special Recognition awards
to Hickorys Dollanna, a registered American Quarter Horse
played by Goose Creek’s
Carin Middleton
in the US Open
Women’s and owned by
Colleen Marks
.
Photo by Kaylee Scherbinski
Sidelines Magazine
IS
the People Magazine of the horse world!
Nacho Figueras
appeared on the cover of the November issue
of Sidelines along with a four-page story on the polo player and
Ralph Lauren model. The story featured a photo of Nacho in a
blue polo shirt sitting on a boat. A month later People Magazine
used the same photo of Nacho in their “Sexiest Man Alive” issue.
Way to go Sidelines for scooping People Magazine!