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

My opinion after the last Argentine Open about the breeds

As told in this blog, the Tb horses are still in position to claim the crown for the best breed for the Argentine Polo Open Championship. In facts all player have TB blood in there playing horses as can be checked in list of horses by teams and players that can be seen in the AAP web page information for the Open.
In my opinion after atending to all matchs the best Polo horses of the Open where Bruma riden by Adolfo Cambiaso (h.) and Easy Go riden by Facundo Pieres, both are TB horses and not breed in Argentina. Both Players are 10 Goals Handicap and the best players in the World, with extense Polo Argentino breeding operations in Argentina.
Easy Go played the Final of the Championship with Facundo Pieres for La Ellerstina (the winners) but Bruma couldnt play the final (I dont know the exact reason why) .
See below the goal made by A Cambiaso (H) on Bruma (Grey) to Indios Chapaleufu II, in the video resting 1:05 , they are coming full speed (remember she is a TB horse!) from the other goal gate, stops, let pass by Eduardo Heguy ( another 10 goals Handicap) that came after them in defense and turns right for the goal (it was the best goal in the Open in my opinion), I will come back with more videos of this goal for the consideration and pleasure of all the horse and specialy the Polo lovers around the world.

Posted by Alex Suarez Lynch at 8:23 AM