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.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Teams for the Argentine Cups

The Argentine Polo Association gave the list for the next Argentine Season Cups, that starts in September 28th to December 11th, 2010.

Include all Championships that forms the Argentine Polo Triple Crown.

Ellerstina: Facundo Pieres 10, Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10, Pablo Mac Donough 10 y Juan Martín Nero 10. Total: 40.

La Dolfina: Adolfo Cambiaso (h) 10, Lucas Monteverde (h) 10, David Stirling (h) 9 y Bartolomé Castagnola 10. Total: 39.

La Aguada: Javier Novillo Astrada 9, Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h) 9, Miguel Novillo Astrada 10 e Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total: 37.

Pilará: Agustín Merlos 9, Santiago Chavanne 8, Sebastián Merlos 9 y Marcos Heguy 10. Total: 36.

Chapa Uno: Bautista Heguy 9, Hilario Ulloa 9, Juan Ignacio Merlos 9 y Matías Mac Donough 8. Total: 35.

Indios Chapaleufú II: Alberto Heguy (h) 8, Ignacio Heguy 9, Matías Magrini 8 y Eduardo Heguy 9. Total: 34.

Teams to Qualify for the Cups

Alegría: Frederick Mannix (h) 7, Francisco Bensadón 8, Mariano Aguerre 10 y Francisco de Narváez (h) 9. Total: 34.

Sao Jose: Pablo Pieres (h) 7, Nicolás Pieres 7, Jaime García Huidobro 8, Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade 8. Total: 30.

Las Praderas: Guillermo Terrera (h) 7, Ignacio Toccalino 8, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 8 y Santiago Toccalino 7. Total: 30.

Trenque Lauquen: Tomás Pieres 7, Pablo Jauretche 8, Juan Agustín García Grossi 8 y Hernán Tasso 7. Total: 30.

La Quinta Beaufort: James Beim 7, Mark Tomlinson 7, Guillermo Willington 7 y Luke Tomlinson 8. Total: 29.

Pilará II: Diego Cavanagh 7, Cristian Laprida (h) 8, Joaquín Pittaluga 7 y Tomás García del Río 7. Total: 29.

Posted by Alex Suarez Lynch at 6:53 AM