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, November 21, 2011

Estancia Grande 18 vs. Indios Chapaleufu II 13

A new contender appeared in this Zone B: Estancia Grande

Beware Ellerstina, these guys real know the game and they can give them more than a headache!

Yellow card for Sebastian Merlos (and his 4th could lose a game) could damage the team as contender for the crown

Weather: cloudy and high humidity

Rough game (spot many times by injuries of the players), played in old argentine style, Estancia Grande (new team that play with very well known argentine polo players), had an extra quality in their horses than Indios Chapaleufu II.

Goals Estancia Grande: Agustin Merlos 7:6 penalties, Lucas Monteverde 5, Sebastian Merlos 1 and Bartolome Castagnola 5
Indios Chap. II Albeto Heguy 2:1 penalty, Alejandro Novillo Astrada 2, Julio Arellano (USA) 3 and Eduardo Heguy 6 all penalties.

MVP (in my opinion): Was Lucas Monteverde (9 goals Hcp.) , that apperared in total in the crucial moments of the game given and aid to the difence and strongly projected in attack.

Julio Arellano (USA) played very well to be his first time in field 1 but in my opinion stil, needs a more solid pack of horses to play the Open.

Posted by Alex Suarez Lynch at 12:49 PM