FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SIDELINES NOVEMBER 2013 115
Wyatt Harlow
(center) two years
ago in the Twilight
Polo season opener
at Great Meadow,
playing on the
Riverside team with
Todd and Austin
Burdick against
Cowtown Work To
Ride, 2011 & 2012
USPA National
Interscholastic
Champions. Even
when he was the
smallest player out
there, Wyatt played
a big game.
Photo By Lauren R.
Giannini
grass and arena play and participating in USPA-sponsored
tournaments. Team Natania – Wyatt, Kamran Pirahsteh, Connor
Deal and Drew Pearson (alternate) – moved steadily into the 2013
National Interscholastic finals by winning every regional qualifier
they played.
In March, Natania flew to Indio, California and, playing on
unfamiliar ponies, proved they were the best high school team
in the country by winning the 2013 USPA NCD Open National
Interscholastic Championship. The players voted for the
championship all-stars (MVPs), naming Wyatt, Kamran, Connor
and Scott Cunningham from the runner-up team, Eldorado.
“Wyatt is an excellent horseman who has always done very well
on the toughest horses. He is one of the best arena players in the
country in his age group,” said Amir, Natania’s coach. “I am very
proud of our 2013 team – these young men worked very hard to
improve their individual skills and their team work.”
In September, Wyatt was among the 16 best teenage grass
players who qualified to play in the National Youth Tournament
Series, sponsored by the U.S. Polo Association. The only Virginia-
based player to earn “all-star” status, Wyatt, representing Great
Meadow Polo Club, distinguished himself on the Zone 4 team,
which included Marina Wells (Maryland Polo Club), Johann
Colloredo-Mansfeld and Simon Colloredo-Mansfeld (Myopia Polo
Club, Massachusetts).
As much as he loves to win, Wyatt is philosophical. “You win
some, you lose some,” he said. “I got tired of losing and I learned
to play better. Every year I’m progressing more. I’m bigger and
stronger. The physical part of polo is part of its attraction. I like
riding opponents off the ball. My favorite horse is Tequila, an
Argentine pony. She’s very fast and she rides off well. I like when
my ponies are brave and bump another horse. That’s part of the
fun.”
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