First published on Pete’s Blog-in-the-garden PBITG.com on 7th April 2022: There is a difference between breeds and breeding. While ‘breeds’ refer to the breed of the horse, for example, Thoroughbred, Arabian, Criollo, Friesian, Sell Francais, Hanoverian, etc, ‘breeding’ refers to the act of breeding and sometimes its inherent traits. A Polo Pony is not a […]
Zack’s Tack’s Managing Director, Peter Ibrahim Abisheganaden, is a man of many hats. In addition to running Zack’s Tack, he also manages and is Chief Riding Instructor of KL Academy of Polo. He was recently invited to join the coaching panel of the Malaysian Equine Council. And coached a showjumping update for about 40 MEM […]
Learn to play polo in Kuala Lumpur. KL Academy of Polo has a new intake for our POLO 101 course, starting in mid-February 2022. This course is designed to start established riders in polo. The POLO 101 course would be conducted on KL Academy of Polo’s polo ponies or on member’s own ponies. It is […]
There are polo students who have been sold helmets that are no longer acceptable in polo. Please be aware that you must use a helmet with a 3-point safety harness to play polo in Malaysia. Helmets with 2-point harness tip off a player’s head too easily. After a few high profile coma-cases in the United […]
Here is my father, Alex Abisheganaden, playing a medley of Christmas carols. Dad was awarded a Cultural Medallion for his work in music. A multi-instrumentalist that also sang and played the double bass, ukelele, trumpet, harp, and was self-taught on the piano and piano-accordian, he is best known as a classical guitarist. He founded the […]