One thing that any horseman must always do is check his own tack before competing. There is no worse feeling than losing a polo game, a showjumping jump-off, a cross-country, or a flat-race because your equipment lets you down. A snapped stirrup leather, a slipped girth, a broken rein, all would have had tell-tale signs […]
After our adventures at The Palermo Final, we all headed out to Pilar.
It may be called the Cathedral of Polo, but as I look past the polo, rising above the far stands of the grounds, the minarets of the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Centre catch my eye, and I think, ‘To the polo player, Palermo is the Mecca of Polo.’ There is nothing like it. Campo de […]
The world’s best thoroughbreds compete in the Breeders’ Cup, but in the history of this race series, there has never been a heart-warming and miraculous story as Cody’s Wish and Cody Dorman. This is the story of a racehorse and a young boy who has been in a wheelchair all his life. Cody Dorman was […]
KL Academy of Polo’s Perth Polo Experience Tour to Perth, Western Australia last week was a hugely enjoyable trip. Noreen Jilani, her son Emad, Datuk Kannan, Natasha and myself had a really wonderful time there, most of all because our friends at the Perth Polo Club were so hospitable. From the time we landed to […]