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.

Friday, November 18, 2011

2011 the real season starts


After some months off, Im back to give my view upon the 2011 Argentine polo season.

As told the first gems where played, Tortugas won by Ellerstina and Hurlingham won by La Dolfina, in very strange matchs where La Dolfina for moments dominate for more than 6 goals.

Both tournaments where won by a narrow difference of only one goal for the joy of all how attend.

The conclusion are:

Both tournaments are like a warm-up session for the real big event, that is the Argentine Open.

The teams in Tortugas are meeting for the first time in the field, after the internationals seasons and its played with the second and third lot of their polo horses, so it can explain the difficulties for the players to adapt again to the rythm and speed of polo as played here in Argentina.

Hurlingham is played with little differences, like Tortugas, but includes some the best polo horses but for some minutes (In the last chukka of the Final "La Cuartetera" appeared and shows her amazing speed and ability to play this sport with A. C. Jr.).

This Saturday, the 2011 Argentine Opens starts, with the following matchs:

Field 2: LA Dolfina vs. Chapa UNO (Zone A)
The game starts at 01,45 PM (Bue time), but is a nice hour too have lunch nearby in Las Cañitas, and be at Palermo for the last chukkas.

Adolfo Cambiasso Jr. is with an injured ribs, so its posible that he will decide to play or not depending to how he feels, but I can anticipate that he will play, and if his team goes well he will ask for change, I inform any news...


After this match, in Field 1 : La Aguada vs. Pilara (Zone A) that will start at 4.45 PM.
The Novillo Astrada Brothers are here again! waiting for some luck (as not present in the previously years) so it will be nice to see how their horses are shape for the tournament (that was also a problem in recent years), they are like the old boxing champ that haves a new possibility for the title, they are the real worriors of this sport.
All depends on their horses and a little help from the gods...

La Aguada's could find resisitance if Pilara is confident, its a very interesting young new team with the great Bautista Heguy among them, hoping to see a great match here!

Posted by Alex Suarez Lynch at 6:46 AM