Horses were introducted to this part of the world mainly by the Spaniards. The first ones came with the Conquerors and after that, and thanks to these great plains, the horse became the best friend to the man in the new world.
Through this mixture of civilizations the Argentine horses -named criollos- became the best transportation for the new Argentine thanks to its tireless endurance.
In the first quarter of the past century Argentine cattle barons purchased from England and France the best thoroughbred horses of that moment, champions from England like Diamond Jubelee and Cyllene among many others that placed Argentina as an important thoroughbred horse breeder country.
Many Argentine bred horses won important races around the globe, about which we´ll later inform in this blog .
Criollos, plus the best English Thoroughbred, became an explosive coctail to create the Argentine polo horses, but a patient and passionate love of Argentine horsemen for these horses gave the secret element for this worldly known success.
Darwin, Tesio and other talented connoisseurs came to this country and saw the vast Pampas and their people. Be a part of this incredible journey for horse lovers.

Coming soon

This blog will place you in the Argentine Pampas, one of the most extensive plains in the world where these horses are raised in the most natural way.

Argentina is a horse country, you will see in this page how these horses are bred for these sports.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Warning TB in Polo

Be objective about your riding skill before using TB horses to play Polo and be extremely careful if the TB horse has a racing past.
The most of these horses must be reeducated for at least 2 years for this new sport, one year they must be left free in the country with easy rides by well trained riders after the sixth month (just walking pace only!! ), after this the horses must be educated for the new bit and the use of new reins that will help in their first polo maneuvers, this period will take 6 months (very calm here for best results) . After this normal training with the rest of your Polo horses.
Its very usual that they show a little hotter than other horses in the first ridings due to their blood (be very carefull here to avoid major problems if you dont have an important riding skill) because they are exited but they cooldown as soon they are riden for some minutes.
Please be very careful in all these steps, observe all time their behavior and their ride ability, not all are suited for an average Polo Player, but the rewards are as kwown by the best Argentine Polo Players a horse that can win with them a tournament.

Posted by Alex Suarez Lynch at 7:44 AM