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.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Matchs 1 and 2 La Dolfina and La Aguada won


2011 Argentine Open Season, begins these results:

La Dolfina 23 - Chapa Uno 10
Goals for La Dolfina : A Cambiaso Jr.(played all game) 9 goals: 6 penalties and 1 corner, Stirling 3 Mac Donough 4 and Nero 7 : 2 penalties


La Aguada 11 - Pilara 10
In very narrow game - until the last minute, Pilara could equalize
Miguel Novillo Astrada didnt played (possible out for the season) and Toccalino started with the other Novillo Astrada brothers (he saved the equalizer goal in the last minute near the goal line)
Pilara played better that La Aguada and in my opinion is one of the best new teams in the Argetine Open.
La Aguada won with nothing more than a goal, but in the next games they will face the lack of "Open style" horses, Pilara dominate that item.

In my opinion the MVP was Hilario Ulloa, the next polo super star, with a little pacience he could score at least 4 goals more...

This time luck was in the La Aguada side... but needs more to beat La Dolfina

Goals: La Aguada: Javier 4 all penalties, Toccalino 3, Eduardo 1 and Ignacio 3 : 1 penalty.
Pilara: Ulloa 3 Heguy 4: 1 penalty and Tonlinson 3 all penalties.
Some light rains started in the last chukkas

Weather forcast shows heavy rains for this night, possible suspension for the games this Sunday

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