THE PERFECT HORSE

BY Zehao Quan

HORSE ACTIVITY: POLO

POLO IS ONE OF THE OLDEST TEAM SPORTS IN THE

HISTORY
USUALLY PLAYED WITH EIGHT PLAYERS, FOUR
PLAYERS ON EACH TEAM
PLAY FOUR OR SIX PERIOD CALLED CHUKKER
PLAYED ALL AROUND THE WORLD

- ARGENTINA
-USA
- ENGLAND

WHAT IS THE IDEA HORSE?

CHARACTERISTCS:
- IDEAL HEIGHT 14.2 HANDS MAX. (58 INCHES)
- STAMINA, SPEED, AGILITY, DISPOSITION
DIFFERENT CROSSING BREEDS:
- ARABIAN
- THROUGHBRED
- QUARTER HORSE (US)
- CRIOLLO (ARGENTINA)
- AUSTRALIAN STOCK HORSE (AUSTRALIA)

THROUGHBRED POLO PONY

MOST POPULAR BREED OF POLO PONY
ARGENTINE POLO PONY
THROUGHBRED+CRIOLLO=ARGENTINE POLO PONY
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? JUST LOOK AT WINNIE!!

ORIGINS OF
THROUGHBRED
ORIGINATING IN ENGLAND IN THE 17
CENTURIES
FOUNDATION SIRES:
-DARLEY ARABIAN
-GODOPLHIN ARABIAN
-BYERLEY TURK

TH

AND 18TH

HISTORYCAL ACTIVITY
HORSE RACING
HENRY VIII
SPANISH HORSES IMPORTED
1770s ARABIAN INTRODUCED TO REFINE
THE BLOODLINE
THROUGHBRED BLLODLINES ARE THE
SINGLE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON THE
WORLDS HORSE POPULATION

BREEDERS & BPP

ADOLFO
CAMBIASO
- OWNER/BREED
ER
- ARGENTINE
- CLONED POLO
PONIES TO WIN
ARGENTINE
OPEN

OWEN RINEHART
- OWNER/BREED
ER
- AMERICAN
- HALL OF FAME
-CHOCOLATE
-ARGENTINE
OPEN BPP 2013
-THROUGHBRED
-OFF THE TRACK
- CALIFORNIA

ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
GOOD POLO PONIES CAN GO UPTO HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS DOLLARS
40 HORSES PER PROFESSIONAL TEAM
CAMBIASO STARTED TO CLONE HIS STAR MARE
DOFINA LAPA
THREE-MONTH OLD MARE SOLD FOR $800,000
HORSERACING

SUITABILITY/UNSUITABILITY
THOUGHBREDS ARE GOOD FOR POLO BECAUSE OF
THEIR ENDURANCE, SPEED, STRONG HINDQUARTERS
AND BACK
THROUGHBRED ARE BRAVE AND SPIRITED WHICH ARE
IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS FOR POLO

UNSUITABILITY
NOT THE BEST CHOICE FOR CUTTING, WHY?
THROUGHBRED POLO PONIES HAVE LONG
NECKS WHICH IS GOING TO LIMIT THEIR
MOVEMENTS

NOT THE BEST CHOICE FOR

DRESSAGE, WHY?
LOW FLAT MOVEMENT CANNOT
SATISFY DRESSAGE WHICH
REQUIRES RHYTHMIC AND
ELASTIC MOVEMENTS

ANY QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!
BTW, THROUGHBRED POLO PONY
IS THE PERFECT BRED