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Legging Up Your Hunter

The fox hunting season proper is not far off and many of us are thinking of getting our hunters out of pasture and legging them up for the season.  Many foxhunters continue to use their hunt horses throughout the summer months for showing, eventing, polo, trial riding or pleasure riding, thereby eliminating or reducing the legging up for the season issue.  But many others give their field hunters some well-deserved time off at the end of the season and conditioning for the hunt season becomes an annual ritual. We have been fortunate to enjoy field hunters who had double lives in the summer, also excelling at as polo ponies or show jumpers.  We have also been fortunate to have field hunters who simply enjoyed three or more months off in a pasture, not having been ridden at all in the off-season.  There is no right answer to the “to turn out or to not turn out question.”  Some horses seem to do better being in work all season, while others seem to benefit from the time off and develop a bad attitude if they don’t have some time to just be a horse. For the entire article, click this link... Legging Up Your Hunter in Covertside Magazine 2013. For the most thorough veterinary article on horse conditioning click this link: http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/hrs6942   FOR LEGGING UP POLO PONIES, OUR PRO AT DENVER POLO CLUB RECOMMENDS AS FOLLOWS: Pre Season (Exercise) As we approach polo season, I thought it would be a good idea start thinking about getting yourself and your horses ready for the season. These are a few tips and suggestions to help keep you and your horses healthy for the entire season. Don’t wait until it

By |September 6th, 2013|Categories: Foxhunting, polo|Comments Off on Legging Up Your Hunter
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BlueLite and Sand Clear for Your Horses

It's that time of summer when colic can hit tired, dehydrated horses and sand often builds in horses pastured in sandy paddocks.  Two of our favorite products recommended by our veterinarians are BlueLite electrolite pellets and Sand Clear Crumbles. Equine BlueLite Pellets are so tasty, you don't even have to top dress them on feed.  Just pour a scoop in each horses bucket for them to receive added nutrients and electrolytes.  Our horses go straight to drinking a lot of water after eating the pellets, which is a reassuring process after a hard day of polo. In addition to having a balanced salt block available near the horses' water, BlueLite pellets provides instant results when your horse needs it most to restores the essential nutrients lost during heavy workout and improves recovery time.  While other remedies such as Morton Lite Salt also provides electrolites, we think the BlueLite pellets are worth the extra money for their ease of use.  The pellets provide salt and potassium chloride blended with iodide and a free-flowing agent.   BlueLite is a balanced electrolyte formula which is easily digestible, non-abrasive, and contains essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Top dress Equine BlueLite Powder on the grain ration according to the degree of dehydration based on the following pony/horse weight: 300-600 lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (1-2 oz daily), Extensive Activity (2-3 oz daily) 600-900 lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (3-4 oz daily), Extensive Activity (4-6 oz daily) 900-1200 lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (5-6 oz daily), Extensive Activity (6-10 oz daily) 1200 + lbs - Routine or Mild Activity (7-8 oz daily), Extensive Activity (8-10 oz daily) Bluelite can be ordered online from many sources: http://www.techmixglobal.com/equine-bluelite Sand Clear pellets contain psyllium

By |August 28th, 2013|Categories: polo|Comments Off on BlueLite and Sand Clear for Your Horses
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Mallets for Melonoma Polo Tournament Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Denver Polo Club

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 76,000 people are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma this year. Recognizing a need for melanoma research and localized funding in Denver, Dr. Tyler Vukmer founded the Colorado Melanoma Foundation. The group's inaugural fund-raiser features a polo tournament, live music, and snacks. Fri 2:30-9 p.m.   DATE: Aug 10, 2013 2:30 pm - Aug 10, 2013 9:00 pm COST: $20. VENUE: Denver Polo Club

By |August 7th, 2013|Categories: polo|Comments Off on Mallets for Melonoma Polo Tournament Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Denver Polo Club
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2013 Charity Polo Match at Mount Sopris Polo – Check Out the Photos by Peter Feinzig

Check out all the great photos from Peter Feinzip from the 2013 Charity Polo Match at Sopris Mountain Ranch on his website at: http://pfeinzigphotography.com/polo To read the article in Horse Connection magazine click below 2013 Mount Sopris Article Horse Connection

By |August 6th, 2013|Categories: polo|Comments Off on 2013 Charity Polo Match at Mount Sopris Polo – Check Out the Photos by Peter Feinzig
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Denver Magazine – Denver 20/30 Polo Classic 2010

This video was just released for public distribution, after being featured in Denver Magazine and features the 2010 Denver Polo Classic.  We think it's a hit as we are in the video, as our many of our friends.  Keep an eye out for the 2013 Denver Polo Classic videos, which should be out soon.  

By |July 11th, 2013|Categories: polo|Comments Off on Denver Magazine – Denver 20/30 Polo Classic 2010
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Bear Your Part in the Battle of Life

“Angling teaches a man patience and self control; (fox) hunting improves not only good horsemanship, but pluck and observation; whilst shooting inculcates quickness of hand and eye coupled with endurance and the power of bearing fatigue; football, cricket, rowing, rackets, tennis all bring to the front and encourage qualities that are essentially manly; and perhaps no sport tends to combine all these lessons so much as polo, none makes a man more a man than this entrancing game, none fits him more for the sterner joys of war or enables him better to bear his part in the battle of life.”    - J. Moray Brown, Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, 1891 And, while you are at it, check out the new United States Polo Association website. And take back your power. Every time I hear this BS about us (those who struggle with addiction [and you could add those with other issues as well]) being powerless, it makes me angry. Because it isn't true. And saying it over and over just makes it harder to really find freedom forever. But... in AA it's the first step - Admit that you're powerless over alcohol/weed/cocaine/whatever. EVEN though you are literally exerting your power by going to the meeting... or talking to a sponsor... or checking into rehab. You are LITERALLY showing you have power and choice and at the EXACT same time are being forced to claim powerlessness. It drives me crazy. EVERYTHING about the change I've seen in thousands of people has told me that people have SO much power but have actually give up too much of it. Instead of beating them down more and telling them they are worse we need to

By |June 11th, 2013|Categories: polo|Comments Off on Bear Your Part in the Battle of Life
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Jalapeno Jelly Recipe from the Polo Player’s Foxhunting Braai

Marge Stevens and Mim Willyard started making jalapeno jelly some 16 years ago to support the local Christmas bazaar.  What started out small soon grew big and the largest demand is for the hotter jalapeno variety!  Lise Stevens introduced the Arapahoe Hunt to her mother's famed jelly during hunt breakfasts.  The recipe was recently featured in Covertside Magazine, together with the equally famous annual Polo Player's Foxhunting Braai. This jalapeno jelly recipe will fill 8 of the 8 ounce canning jars (be sure to sterilize them in the dishwasher before using), which after they cool can be kept in a cool dark place until you need one for your next Braai or lamb dish.  Use a large stock pot for cooking the jelly ingredients, as the sugar will foam up with the boiling, so it is also helpful to keep a hair dryer on hand,  using it to blow down the foam so it doesn't boil over.  It's a very simple recipe which takes only about 20 minutes to prepare. Click this link for the full recipe and to read the entire article in The Polo Players Foxhunting Braai in Covertside

By |December 17th, 2012|Categories: polo, Recipes|Comments Off on Jalapeno Jelly Recipe from the Polo Player’s Foxhunting Braai
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Yerba Mate

Our new friends from Argentina are going home, as summer polo season is about over here in the West and they left with us a special gift this year, a matero (a bag for holding a the mate gourd, the yerba mate and a thermos).  The also left a leather covered mate gourd, which we added to our small collection, but this mate is the one we reach for every morning now, as it is the perfect size and it is of the best quality. Yerba mate is consumed all over South America in place of tea or coffee, or in addition to it.  It has an earthy taste, like green tea, though sometimes slightly more bitter taste due to the high tannin content of the leaves, which are a member of the holly family.  We were introduced to it at polo from the Argentines, and I love it.  Oprah's doctor promotes it as the only healthy caffinated beverage and studies seem to indicate it significantly reduces cholesterol, especially when brewed with hot water, but not boiling, as is the traditional way.  Yerba mate con polo, with a higher amount of sticks and stems, will typically have more of a woodsy taste than pure leaf mate.  Some add sugar and milk, particularly for children. You add hot water (never boiling) to the yerba mate, which is traditionally drunk from a gourd with a bombilla straw, and as the tea and be steeped multiple times, it is perfect for sharing with friends.  Each cup is consumed and then the gourd is passed back to the maker of the tea for a refill of hot water and then it is passed on to the next drinker, when

By |July 26th, 2012|Categories: polo, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Yerba Mate
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The Polo Player’s Annual Foxhunting Braai

While polo is played in South Africa, they have no mounted foxhunting there, so why we have a South African braai after foxhunting, put on by the polo players in the hunt, is a bit hard to explain.  In any event, it's become the best "hunt breakfast"of the year, and since none of our hunt "breakfasts" are served before lunch time, this is also hard to explain why we call them such.  This description adapted from Wikipedia: A braai is imilar to a potluck party, this is a social event which is casual and laid-back, where family and friends converge on a picnic spot or someone's home (normally the garden or verandah) with their own meat, salad, or side dish in hand. Meats are the star of the South African braai. They typically include boerewors, sosaties, kebabs, marinated chicken, pork and lamb chops, steaks, sausages of different flavors and thickness, and possibly even a rack or two of spareribs. Fish and rock lobster commonly called "crayfish" or kreef in Afrikaans, are also popular in coastal areas to add to the braai. The other main part of the meal in some regions of the country is pap (/ˈpɑːp/, meaning porridge), actually a thickened porridge, or the krummelpap ("crumb porridge"), traditionally eaten with the meat. Made from finely ground corn/maize (similar to polenta), it is a staple of local African communities and may be eaten with a tomato and onion sauce, monkeygland sauce or the more spicy chakalaka (a/k/a trainsmash) at a braai.  The pap is cooked in a potjie pot, which is a cast iron kettle, typically with three legs made to sit on or near the fire side. Biltong is also popular, which is cured

By |May 2nd, 2012|Categories: Cuisine, Foxhunting, polo|Comments Off on The Polo Player’s Annual Foxhunting Braai
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