52 SIDELINES FEBRUARY 2013
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
Michael Azzaro
Photo by Alex Pacheco
Players and Ponies Join Polo Hall of Fame
The best of American polo is being inducted into the
Polo Hall of Fame for 2013. The Board of Directors
of the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame announced
the inductees include: 10 and 9 goal players with
outstanding records, a pair of supporters of the
game which made lasting contributions to polo in this
country and two polo ponies who were at the top of
their respective generations.
The Awards Gala and Induction Ceremony will take
place at the Museum of Polo on Friday, February
15
th
, 2013. For more information on The Hall of Fame
Awards Dinner and Silent Auction contact Brenda
Lynn at the Museum of Polo, (561) 969-3210 or (561)
969-7015 or e-mail: polomuseum@att.net.
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Polo Hall of Fame
Robert Gould Shaw, II
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Polo
and Hall of Fame
Tim Gannon
Photo by Alex Pacheco
William Gilmore
Photo courtesy of the Museum
of Polo and Hall of Fame
Fairy Story
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Polo and Hall of
Fame
Ever Ready ridden by Ray Harrington
Photo courtesy of the Museum of Polo and Hall
of Fame
Michael V. Azzaro
--
A former 10-goal player
(a rating he held for
14 years) with six U.S.
Open Championships,
three Silver Cups, Butler
Handicap, Iglehart and
World Cup to his credit,
Michael V. Azzaro will
be honored for his
outstanding record as a
player for many years.
Robert Gould Shaw, II
-- A
9-goaler who played for Myopia
teams in the late 19
th
century
and early 1900s, Robert Gould
Shaw, II (1872 – 1930) was
the committee’s choice for the
posthumous award. He won
all the major tournaments of
the era in his time as an active
player.
Tim Gannon
-- For
the Hall of Fame Iglehart
Award, Tim Gannon,
well known for his
selfess generosity to
polo and other charitable
causes and a three-time
winner of the U.S. Open
will be honored for his
outstanding
lifetime
contributions to the
sport.
Bill Gilmore
-- To
be recognized as the
posthumous Hall of
Fame
inductee for
the Iglehart Award
is Bill Gilmore, who
is remembered as a
powerful force in the
revival of the game in
California after World
War II.
Fairy Story
--
In the
Horses to Remember
category the committee
elected Fairy Story a
celebrated mare bred
in England and later
owned and played
by Stephen “Laddy”
Sanford. Fairy Story
was one of the top
polo ponies in the
1920s,
sweeping
an unprecedented
number of the major
awards given at that
time.
Ever Ready
-- A chestnut mare,
trained and played by Ray Harrington
(Hall of Fame 1993), was also selected
to be honored in this category. Ever
Ready was Ray’s “war horse” on
whom he depended throughout his
extraordinary four consecutive wins in
the U.S. Open, 1966 - 1969. She was
awarded the Hartman Award for Best
Playing pony of the Open in 1969 and
also that year played with distinction
in Argentina in the 1969 Cup of the
Americas at Palermo.