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, March 7, 2015

From others garden

You must make your own mistakes.

Buy proven sport mares with ancestors that had not exactly been sitting still.

A method: outcrossing followed by inbreeding. By outcross I mean the introduction of foreign blood by means of a proven sire. Then we start crossing them with each other, in fact I always prefer to call this line breeding rather than inbreeding. We are now in the process of realizing stages 4 to 5 a further outcross with a common combination.

This is followed by the second line breeding phase. The products are sharply selected on desirables quality, we only breed on the best of them. That is how the bioindustry produces more milk or eggs than the predecessors. A disadvantage with horses is that development takes much longer.

Selection first approach: Pedigree, Conformation, and lose schooling looking for the natural motion (body position, stride, etc).

When looking for a convenient mating, mainly consider the descent of both mare and sire, which must be of flawless pedigree and noblest blood.

Beauty is no held as high as pure blood and performance, they prefer a hardy and strong sire who is known to be fast and has no major defects to any stallion of the far more striking beauty, of which performance they are not sure. (1851 Jager)

Preserve their perfections not to impose the breed, no bad habits, little importance in conformation but great deal to pure descent because they guarantee outstanding qualities.

Cross breeding in earlier generations are less to adapt.

In Constitution find: Hardiness, Endurance, Character and Intelligence.

He is a very perfect animal, he is not large here and small there. There is a balance and harmony through his frame not seen in the other horses.

The quintessence of all good qualities is a compact form.

The importance in the Gallop: Galloping in such regular pace and easy stride than the Prince would say his rider was able to sleeping and low.

Look for Character, that means: Courage, High spirit, Vitality and Gentleness, rather than beauty.

Quiet temper plus natural balance, gives pleasant ride.

The expression of the eyes is like a woman in love (Prince Badr)

The concept: A Family Mare.

Best horse? Black the beauty, Chesnut the speed , a small leggy Grey mare, Happiness and Prosperity – and Good Luck!!

Walk to sedate, Gallop, long and slow.

Above all my recommendation is to devote great care to broodmare their backs are seats of honor and their bellies are inexhaustible treasures (Ammo 1834)

Paradise on earth is found on the back of a good horse, in the story of good books or between the breasts of a woman (a Thales)

Those who forget the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat them.

Buy or Hold proven mares, no age.

Behind every great horse is an excellent mare.

Make a honest look.

Blue blooded mares, up to 12 so in special care and number not out of hand, near a river, out form the road use only a half of land rest or give to local farmers, stable the mares and yearlings, all mares comes in different sizes , sire to each individual, create your own family roots, have a little luck.

Nicks, the statistics analysis of failures are included??? False propaganda.

Dosage index, Darley Arabian too??

See the Power, size ribs and great forelegs.

Create a quality control method with constant improvements, like new info knowledge about genetics and technological advances

Upon this all will test on a clever and important measurements of all individuals to intent to purchase.

Measurements / Class Pedigree Aptitude Conformation.

It’s a process with unique quality individuals that are similar in size, temperament aptitude and class. Regularly all classic horses come from this.

Old saying: Its pedigree tell us what an animal ought to be and its performance tell us what “appears to be” but its progeny tell us what an animal is.

Birth date, conformation and an extraordinary second mare.

Hear everybody around like grooms, trainers in this order, ask for extraordinary behavior (rest, eats, jog temperament in and out the works or the training field)

Find clues as a great heart over lameness or gallop like on a wheel chair or wildlings to fight.
Its not enough to be good one must do it in the right way.

Aging and Genetics:
Sperm divides itself 33 times a year, over 3 decades, about 660.
Changes molecular structure, reason why the gray hair appears.
Best mares produce between 5, 6 and 7 year of age.
Most production between 5 to 10 years of age, Seatle Slew (5+4/ 9)
No great mares more than 17 to 30 in combination with the age of the sire, examples Forego (6+11), Cigar (8+7) Seabiscuit (6+6) Ribot (11+10)
Sire of Sires Average: 7.6+8.4 or 8.6+7.4
Northern Dancer (6+3) Sadlers Wells (19+5) Storm Cat (4+6)
Bayacoa, 6+9
Paseana, 5+9

Monday, November 24, 2014

Day game is being played

First game of the day is being played.

In the matter informed more rains are expected in less than an hour but the heavy rains trajectory are passing through the north of the  buenos aires

Please carry umbrellas in you are going to Palermo

hoping the best for players and horses!


Catch up of the current triple crown Polo season in Argentina

 Hurlingham Final

18-15 La Dolfina over Ellerstina,  won its fifth argentine polo championship in a row.

As known La Dolfina won in an erratic show of its scorers efficiency in the first chukkas, a little help form the referees *bad as usual, for both parties,  in the Hurlingham Final, but without 

Ellerstina in one word, is in the mist, without its horses superiority, needs more about Facundo Pieres and the teammates, some ideas where given in my previous remarks.

First two games  in the Argentine Open that I saw
In one of the warnest days in Argentine history for the season *spring with a high humidity, due to the activities of El Nino, the first games of both days where played under extreme conditions for the public, the players and their horses, is one of the things to take care in the future by the organizers.

Ellersrtina won over Chapaleufu, in field Two,  but with signs of the same problems in the field as in the other tournaments, against a practical senior polo player team with great will and efforts of former argentine open winners, than current actuality, but shows the weakness of the other team for moments.

The actions for moment was amazing but with the limitations of the field due to a not very eficient conditioning  planing of the field *to dry and to muddy in some places!, that cost the lamness of some horses, another thing to be put in examiniation by the organizer.

The games on field One, the Grandstand, I saw.

Both games  shown the difference of the game when good players are mounted on good argenine  TB horses against the current polo argentino breed, this great differences could be made just with that but curretly they dont posses the quantity to perform in these high standard make them to reuse their best horses *usualy TB , without a current knowledge to how to use them more efficient way.

The problem for these teams are the way how they reuse their horses and the luck of the quantity of good horses, that was the same problem these teams shown in the other tournaments against La Dolfina and Ellerstina after they made excelent performance in the first chukkas they played with them.

Theres a problem to be solved in the field One,  near the 30 and 40 Yard mark of the goal posts next to the clock area,  that made some shots be erratic due , to the irregulararity of the field *shows a little to sandy , that cost too many problems for the players mostly in all actions played within this area in both games.

 La Aguada ICBC won over a team of new kids in the block like Magual Prodigy Network,  12 a 10 in a difficult and effort match for the former argentine open champion. 
La Aguada ICBC Chukka & score- results: 1-1, 2-3, 4-4, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8, 10-8, 12-10
 Nice Video of the match from ESPNargentina
 http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/videohub/video/clipDeportes?id=deportes:2232176

In an incredible match LA-Las Monjitas lost against Alegria *the last runner-up of the last year argentine open, to the reused factor and some unlucky in some actions in the last two chukkas specially in the unhit backhand of Eduardo Novillo Astrada Jr. near Dorrego Stand side  in the last minutes of the last chukkas that could made Alegria revive to equalize the game *after they where losing in game for more than six goals in the first chukkas, and the revival of an great player in a bad day like Hilario Ulloa in those chukkas too.

 Alegría Assist Card Chukka & score- results: : 0-1, 0-3, 1-6, 4-6, 4-8, 6-8, 7-9, 11-11 , 12-11

Polito Pieres poor day in the field and underform  *in a national magazine Noticias, shawn in Night Clubs until late hours, etc. ..

Nice Video of the day matchs from ESPNargentina
http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/videohub/video/clipDeportes?id=deportes:2232244


Yesterdays action highlights Ellerstina 15-12 against LA-Las Monjitas
 http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/videohub/video/clipDeportes?id=deportes:2237990

With the changes made *asked in my remarks before, as the expected the results was showing with a reborn Ellerstina at last, against one of the best argentine polo temas with former polo payer chamipions.

In its best form i the first 5 chukkas, Facundo, Gonzalo, Nicolas Pieres as 3 and Ignatius du Plessis as4 *in sustitution of an injured Mariano Aguerre from last match against Chapaleufu.

Facundo Pieres -illness possible stomach virus, stop him and his teammates in the last chukkas after being the player he is, in his best form.

More remarks the coming days.







Posible Rain delay in Argentine Open day today

Nor there-s no news about a rain delay from the organazers, we saw that the Buenos Aires area forcast shows new heavy rains to come, so its possible to have a suspention of todays games.


Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Rains delay in Argentina - Hurlingham Final next Saturday 11/08

Due to recent heavy rains

*El nino factor!

The Hurlingham Final will be played next Saturday 11/08

Monday, October 27, 2014

Hurlingham Final next Saturday again La Dolfina-Ellerstina -year match 2-

Due to the some luck (always needed) and the the amazing horses lot, of each of the finalists they are in a new Final this year.

Saturday La Dolfina 13 - Alegria 12
High temperature and high humidity the  field  (Number 1) was good (to improve little dry in zone areas near the main stand)

La Dolfina won its match but with some doubt about its way to shown its superiority, when the other team are well mounted and they install pressure in the ball carriers  , as shown with in other matchs like the first match played in the Asociacion for this tournament in the first part of the match 6-5   with the juvenile team of Miramar the other week.

La Dolfina (same as Ellerstina) is not showing today, the horses superiority of other years becausse that other teams posses some nice new horses (mostly are TB), than before, but with the small selection of them play against there performance when they play them in the repetitions in the last chukkers.

This is the main reason becasuse the matchs are finishing so close this year.

It must be remembered also that the best horses appears in the Argentine Open, but they are starting to be used with some limits in action in Hurlingham or being used so solve the game like this weekend.

Cambiaso played with discomfort due to an lumbago ache that coudnt press well the left stirrup.

Ther main goal for La Dolfina is to achive a new Triple Crown victory  this year, and  still undeafeat after its last 18 matchs...

In  my opinion in the middle of the season, the things are not the same as the pasing years, its more equal the teams is not playing at its peak but still wining because of the quality of players, horses and the aid of some luck.

Nice video of the match (in spanish)


Saturday Ellerstina 14 - La Aguada 12
High Temperature little hot breeze -field condition ok (must improve condition after the weekend atchs before the coming rains this week)

Ellerstina won due to there analysis of game and the different options of selection when decide  to play the really good horses they posses in the last 3 chukkers that gave them the return ticket to the new final,

Gonzalo Pieres leads the team in the last 3 chukkers, when mounted his best horses,  made de difference and shown the way to his teammates that was not playing well again.

Infront of them La Aguada, the former team of the Family Novillo Astrada, that as the last years needed some changes and this year with a mature Facundo Sola and Guillermo Caset (two coming stars)  will give more than a headache to anyone needs some words from the bench to not to desesperate in the closing chukkers and a better horse lot selection.

Ellerstina Piaget: Facundo Pieres 10 (7, 3 penalties), Gonzalo Pieres (h) 10 (4), Mariano Aguerre 9 (1) y Nicolás Pieres 9 (2, one penaltyl). Total Hcp: 38.        

La Aguada ICBC: Facundo Sola 8 (1), Guillermo Caset (h) 9 (9, one penaltyl), Miguel Novillo Astrada 10 (2) e Ignacio Novillo Astrada 9. Total Hcp : 36.    

Ellerstina Piaget: 2-2, 3-4, 4-4, 5-7, 8-8, 11-10, 13-10 y 14-12.   

Judges: Matías Baibiene y Esteban Ferrari  (no comments)   Chair Judge: Juan José Díaz Alberdi.


  In my opinion Ellerstina must improve in the long shot to goal department  and see if Mariano Aguerre can play as 4 and leave the the problems to the rest with Nicolas Pieres in number 3.

Monday, October 13, 2014

As last year La Dolfina Champion again in Tortugas Open

La Dolfina 14 Ellerstina 8

In an nice mild temperature day La Dolfina dominate Ellerstina, due mainly to a better shaped condition of their horses

Score
3-0 /4-2 /5-3/ 8-3 /8-4/ 11-6/ 14-8

La Dolfina presented again as a real Dream team, with a better understanding of the new rules and in a great day when everyting was going right, won without having any problem

Ellerstina with some home work to do as also hasnt the day facundo in a forgetable day too *lost three penalties *2 40 y and 1 60y buy totally out of focus today as his other team mates.

In order to explain what happen could be found in a different objective in the process to the Argentine Open , must improve it for certain, they posses the tools to regain its best shape.

Facundo Pieres shows a minor injury in his arm after the match.

Cambiaso MVP of the Tortugas Final, won also the best horses of the match, one the best of the final and the best Argentine polo horse, as also the top scorer... what else he can achive this year!

Ellerstina also must improve in the faults issue 14 are so much! against La Dolfina *only 8, cpuld be cause by a luck of consistecy shown after the 5th chukker (with  some wrong decision from the judges that again arent at the same levl as the players need) and evident frustration in thefield when nothing was working against La Dolfina precise order of their players, with an ideal atack and defense transitions of all players.

Ellerstina could play better that today! 

La Dolfina is in the right paterns to mantain there triple crown.








Monday, December 2, 2013

Catch-up in the 2013 Argentine Open Polo Season

As in my previous posts, the Argentine Season didnt show any new improvements that the year before in the horses sector, showing that the TB are the most suited and gifted for the Argentine Open matchs.More and more players are playing them like the definitive weapon

La Dolfina is practically unbeatable, as it was last year. There only problem was the incredible unlucky day for the most of there players, but a horrible personal day for Adolfito (lost at least easy 6 penalties).

The crown went to Gral. Rodriguez-Pilar, base of the Ellerstina team,  but with the sensation that luck played an definitive roll that final (also with a little help of the referees in my opinion that left them play nearly in the reef of bad behavior).

As told before, La Dolfina is in the way to conquest the Argentine Polo Triple Crown for the first time, due to the superiority of the horses and the skills of there players that are in the time and with the experience learnt the last year.

The contender is the team of Alegria, that reach for the first time a final in one of the argentine polo big 3, with some interesting works form the new kids in the block, Nicolas Pieres and Hilario Ulloa, that posses the skills and willing to win and also they are well mounted too with some really niceTB in there lists, that give them the definitive difference, as shown in the last matches, where they impress everyone in the Palermo' s Polo field. Lucas and Mannix (in different positions that known in years before) but with a correct order in positioning in defence.

My respects in the next final, is for Frederick Mannix. His canadian born, but he learnt with the argentine polo style with native teachers from his early ages, received the support of his family to reach his goals, and the is fullfilling a dream, he reached the best polo final in the world, with his own team and him not as a patron, as a player, and a good one!. I like his courage and goodwill, his good manners and I hope him the best because his an inspiration and a example for future foerign player.


Sunday, August 11, 2013

New Argentine Polo Season dates

 To see the complete schedule for the 2013 Argentine Polo Season, click on this link


Horror Continues. Two TB Stake winners from La Providencia probably doped at San isidro

Two horses from the Brasilean Owned Stud, La Providencia, that won the Argentine 1,000 guineas and 2,000 guineas, Juhayana and Koller, where suspended by San Isidros Racing Authorities.

Reason, first and preliminary reports from the Antidoping Laboratory of the San Isidro Racetrack, where positive to band treatments and prohibited substances present in the first controls.

 The case and the temporary suspensions was reported and confirmed by Dr Jose Maria Nelson from the Racetrack Comission and be reported by the racetrack to the local  criminal authorities due the probable presence of an prohibited drug in one of the result.

Brasilean Trainer Mr. Jose Alves, temporary suspended , as also both horses temporary suspended too.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Ellerstina won the Championship!

Ellerstina 12  vs. La Dolfina 10

As told was a Sunny day mild winds blowing from the southeast brought a new champion and a new King Facundo Pieres

Excellent selection of  the set of horses give the match for a real team not a constellation of stars in decline as a team

With a worst couple of Argentine Referees, they where so horrible but against both teams but in the last chukka incredibly they let the game be played hard against La Dolfina ...

Also its true that in La Dolfina was the worst day in the present times, with no activity from Mc Donough and specially from Stirling, leaving all the burden to Cambiasso that also lost easy goals for his skills, in his first shows of aging or decadence in the Field 1 of Palermo .

In the match La Dolfina didn't gather to solve the problems of the game, everyone was like in their world without any show of association surprisingly I feel that this was the last time to see them together.





Friday, December 7, 2012

Weather Forcast for the Final

The Argentine Polo Open will be played tomorrow in the Field 1.

Sunny day with temparature near 84 F /29 C

Light Breeze from the Southeast sector (a little fresh air will be good for everyone)

No rains are expected

Great day for Polo, enjoy the game!!

Update Semifinals Weekend

Semi/finals where played the last weekend as aspected the best teams arrived lake last year for the 6th Final in a row, La Dolfina ans Ellerstina meets again!.

Saturday
La Dolfina 18  vs. Pilara Piaget 13
La Dolfina by demolition
Best players on both sides so the difference was made by their horses.
Once the match was in cruce control by La Dolfina the best horses desapeared...  and played with the handbrake on too
La Dolfina won the zone with a +25 goal difference

Sunday

Ellerstina 18 vs. La Aguada 14
Both teams had ups and downs during the match
In the final chukkas Ellerstina made the best decision in the horses played than La Aguada with a lesser quality selection pool.
Gonzalo Pieres used the bombing tactic,  in the same chukka played Habana ans Fina Pepa! incredible...
Caset Jr must be raised in his handicaphis playing for a 9 goals hcp.
Ellerstina won the zone with a +8 goal difference

Monday, November 26, 2012

Matchs weekend 2

Saturday

Match Pilara Piaget 14 Magual 11, 2nd chk 4/4 4th 9/6 11/7 12/9 14/10 14/11
Pilara controlled the game after the fourth chukka and kept their horses fresh for the next game against La Dolfina.
Hurlingham 22 /13

Match La Dolfina 18 Alegria 6, chk 2/1 6/3 8/3 9/5 12/5 12/6 16/6 18/6, Cambiasso Jr. 10 goals (3 penalties)
La Dolfina controlled the game from the beginning to the end, playing in moments with the hand brake on.
Hurlingham result 18/13
Remarks La Dolfina horse superior class but too thin!, beware...

Sunday

Match field 2 Las Monjitas La Aguada vs La Aguada 12/11 
0/0 0/1 1/3 2/4 4/ 6/6 9/8 11/11 11/12
It was the most exiting game of he current Argentine Open
Las Monjitas won in their best game of the season against a good team like La Aguada in a definition with golden goal after an 11/11 in the regular chukkas.
The goal was made by Alejandro Novillo Astrada  after an exceptional backhander given by the leader of the winners team Eduardo Novillo Astrada Jr.
To remark, in the field where Novillo Astradas brothers in both teams, 5 total.
Field 2 too sandy and irregular that make the ball bounces more than often.
Hurlingham result 15/14

Match field 1 Ellerstina 16 La Natividad 14
Due to a more responsible fitting of their horses Ellerstina won with some minor bumps over a team that poses player with a lot of finals in the Argentine Open  and also the loser poses some very good horses but in the pick of their ages, like Dolfina Toro, was a the cocktail made possible to support the heavy bombing of the last chukkas given by Ellerstina squadron with Easy Go Pandora Habana, Ellerstina won the game due to their superiority when the best horses appeared in the game to the rescue.
Remarks Ellerstina horses superior class in better shape than a year before in this stage of the championship!!
Hurlingham result 23/13
Field 1 irregular sector near the clock side and also too sandy that makes the horses broke or fall, this year is the most dangerous year in this matter.

Next weekend 3 match's
Saturday
1345 field 2 La Aguada Las Monjitas vs La Natividad *Hurligham resut 15/11
1630 field 1 Ellerstina vs. La Aguada *8/12

Sunday
1345 field 2 Alegria vs. Magual  *20/13
1630 field 1 La Dolfina vs. Pilara  *18/17






2012 Argentine Polo Season Update

As in the last years, I'm coming back to give my opinions upon the game and the horses in this year Argentine Polo Open.

This tournament is the 119th of this wonderful championship to proclaim the best Polo Team in the World.

I'm will tell that in the first tournament Tortugas was won by Ellerstina over La Dolfina, played in the Field 2 of Palermo, due to the problems given by a heavy rain season, that not a minor issue to his playing year. Tortugas is the start of the regular argentine high handicap polo season, but is not played by the best horses of the most important team.


In Hurlingham the final was won by L Dolfina 18 to 11 over Ellerstina in a great match for the winners, but in similar disposition as told for Tortugas, in this tournament some great polo horse are presented to play few minutes for the reason due to the lack of dry days to train them properly. The winner won this tournament for the second year in a row.
The MVP was Pablo Mac Donough, that is playing his best polo this year.
Second Chukker result La Dolfina 5 Ellerstina 1 and the Seventh 16 to 9 give a quick picture of the game.


So back to the real and most important polo championship of the world, the teams for this year present some changes from the years before, given a more difficult polo level, do to the restructure of the the Argentine Open where the Classification Tournament is more difficult year by year for  the teams willing to play the Argentine Open.

Zone A
La Dolfina Adolfo Cambiaso Davids Stirling Pablo Mc Donough Juan Martin Nero  HCP 40
Pilara Piaget Hilario Ulloa Francisco Bensadon Sebastian Merlos Francisco de Narvaez 35
Alegria Aguston Merlos Lucas Monteverde Juan Ignacio Merlos Frederick Mannix Jr 34
Magual Alejandro Muzzio Marcos Di Paola Facundo Sola Jaime Garcia Huidobro 30

Zone B
Ellertina CITI Facundo Pieres Gonzalo Pieres Jr Mariano Aguerre Nicolas Pieres 38
LA Aguada BMW Guillermo Caset Jr Javier Novillo Astrada Miguel N Astrada Ignacio NA 36
La Natividad Pablo Pieres Ignacio Heguy Rodrigo Ribeiro de Andrade Bartolome Castagnola 34
La Aguanda Las Monjitas Lucas James Cristion Laprida Jr Eduardo Novillo Astrada Alejandro Novillo 33

First games of the Argentine Open

Match La Dolfina 17 to Magual 9,   3rd chk 8/2,  Cambiasso Jr. 700th goal in the Argentine Open
MAtch Pilara Piaget 13 to Alegria 12 , 4th 5/9  Man of the match Sebastian Merlos

Match LA Aguada 12 La Natividad 10,  2nf chk 1/6 6th chk 9/10  under light rain
Match Ellerstina 12 to La Aguada Las Monjitas 10,  2nd chk 3/1 5th 8/6 7th 11/8








Sunday, September 16, 2012

Refreshment of good ideas in the equine sports

You must make your own mistakes.

Buy proven sport mares with ancestors that had not exactly been sitting still.

A method: outcrossing followed by inbreeding. By outcross I mean the introduction of foreign blood by means of a proven sire. Then we start crossing them with each other, in fact I always prefer to call this line breeding rather than inbreeding. We are now in the process of realizing stages 4 to 5 a further outcross with a common combination.

This is followed by the second line breeding phase. The products are sharply selected on desirables quality, we only breed on the best of them. That is how the bioindustry produces more milk or eggs than the predecessors. A disadvantage with horses is that development takes much longer.

Selection first approach: Pedigree, Conformation, and lose schooling looking for the natural motion (body position, stride, etc).

When looking for a convenient mating, mainly consider the descent of both mare and sire, which must be of flawless pedigree and noblest blood.

Beauty is no held as high as pure blood and performance, they prefer a hardy and strong sire who is known to be fast and has no major defects to any stallion of the far more striking beauty, of which performance they are not sure. (1851 Jager)

Preserve their perfections not to impose the breed, no bad habits, little importance in conformation but great deal to pure descent because they guarantee outstanding qualities.

Cross breeding in earlier generations are less to adapt.

In Constitution find: Hardiness, Endurance, Character and Intelligence.

He is a very perfect animal, he is not large here and small there. There is a balance and harmony through his frame not seen in the other horses.

The quintessence of all good qualities is a compact form.

The importance in the Gallop: Galloping in such regular pace and easy stride than the Prince would say his rider was able to sleeping and low.

Look for Character, that means: Courage, High spirit, Vitality and Gentleness, rather than beauty.

Quiet temper plus natural balance, gives pleasant ride.

The expression of the eyes is like a woman in love (Prince Badr)

The concept: A Family Mare.

Best horse? Black the beauty, Chesnut the speed , a small leggy Grey mare, Happiness and Prosperity – and Good Luck!!

Walk to sedate, Gallop, long and slow.

Above all my recommendation is to devote great care to broodmare their backs are seats of honor and their bellies are inexhaustible treasures (Ammo 1834)

Paradise on earth is found on the back of a good horse, in the story of good books or between the breasts of a woman (a Thales)

Those who forget the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat them.

Buy or Hold proven mares, no age.

Behind every great horse is an excellent mare.

Make a honest look.

Blue blooded mares, up to 12 so in special care and number not out of hand, near a river, out form the road use only a half of land rest or give to local farmers, stable the mares and yearlings, all mares comes in different sizes , sire to each individual, create your own family roots, have a little luck.

Nicks, the statistics analysis of failures are included??? False propaganda.

Dosage index, Darley Arabian too??

See the Power, size ribs and great forelegs.

Create a quality control method with constant improvements, like new info knowledge about genetics and technological advances

Upon this all will test on a clever and important measurements of all individuals to intent to purchase.

Measurements / Class Pedigree Aptitude Conformation.

It’s a process with unique quality individuals that are similar in size, temperament aptitude and class. Regularly all classic horses come from this.

Old saying: Its pedigree tell us what an animal ought to be and its performance tell us what “appears to be” but its progeny tell us what an animal is.

Birth date, conformation and an extraordinary second mare.

Hear everybody around like grooms, trainers in this order, ask for extraordinary behavior (rest, eats, jog temperament in and out the works or the training field)

Find clues as a great heart over lameness or gallop like on a wheel chair or wildlings to fight.
Its not enough to be good one must do it in the right way.

Aging and Genetics:
Sperm divides itself 33 times a year, over 3 decades, about 660.
Changes molecular structure, reason why the gray hair appears.
Best mares produce between 5, 6 and 7 year of age.
Most production between 5 to 10 years of age, Seatle Slew (5+4/ 9)
No great mares more than 17 to 30 in combination with the age of the sire, examples Forego (6+11), Cigar (8+7) Seabiscuit (6+6) Ribot (11+10)
Sire of Sires Average: 7.6+8.4 or 8.6+7.4
Northern Dancer (6+3) Sadlers Wells (19+5) Storm Cat (4+6)
Bayacoa, 6+9
Paseana, 5+9

Saturday, September 15, 2012

TB Argentine 2,000 guineas results

In the worst starting gate in decades, the winner of the race was for more than 5.30 minutes before the start in the gates, a very interesting tall leggy colt named Sol Planet won the Argentine 2,000 gns. named Polla de Potrillos.

SOL PLANET (Z .2009) S.B.ARG. Vol. 40 Por SILVER PLANET y POTRAFRAS por POTRILLON en VERMONT SARAH (USA) por SASSAFRAS

522 kg. weigth of the winner in kilos

time 1.34.36

Stud Yamandu

Farm Plaza Vieja SA.  (or Haras Las Macarenas)

Trainer Mr. Hugo Perez (from Uruguay) and a very respectful trainer and tango aficionado

second> Indy Point, at half a lenght from the winner

third> Di Giorgio, at four lengths from the second

The winners pedigree shows that he well improve with the next steps of the Argentine Triple Crown

Congratulations to all Breeders Owners,  that aren't from the more known Argentine studs, showing and proving the greatest of this sport where anyone can have a chance.




Monday, September 10, 2012

September 2012 New season starting

As every year Argentine race and polo activities starts.

This year as in  the past couple of years didn't present any notable thing to talk about.

The Argentine Crown Jewels are starting to be run, as its started with the Argentine Stakes named Polla de Potrancas similar to the 1000 guineas Stk., for fillies only born in 2009.

As in the recent years in my opinion,  this year was the worst band of  Argentine fillies en decades.

But in this darkness, some rare thing appeared like a horse named Curioso Johan *by Johannesburg ,  amazingly won his madden race by several (11) lengths, over 8 furlongs/ dirt (1600 m.) in 1. 34. 14 at the Argentino Palermo Racetrack.
Next Saturday he will be running over the same track and distance, the Argentine 2000 guineas named Polla de Potrillos.

Also there is a filly by Footstepsinthesand that won impressively in the La Plata racetrack that shows potential.  I will recall this one in my next reports.

Also in my next reports the Argentine Polo Teams for this year with a lot of surprises.





Sunday, December 11, 2011

Photos 2/2




More photos (1/2) from the Final











Nice video 13.45 min in spanish from ESPN (Arg) starts after a few 20 seconds)