by Staff Writer | Jan 8, 2007 | Archives, Polo Tips by Tom Goodspeed
By Tom Goodspeed Simply speaking, horses are very often the definition of our handicaps. However, I am speaking of the term “rating” a horse, with respect to when someone says this horse rates well. When we say a polo pony rates well, we can compare it to the cruise...
by Staff Writer | Jan 2, 2007 | Archives, Polo Tips by Tom Goodspeed
By Tom Goodspeed If you answered both, you are dead on. I will start with the thing. Happens to be a mallet thing and some of you may be walking around or rather running around with a ringer and you may not even know it. In the world of mallets, a ringer is when the...
by Staff Writer | Nov 16, 2006 | Archives, Polo Tips by Tom Goodspeed
Bucking with the letter B and Rearing like Roy……by Tom Goodspeed Now if you belong to any rodeo associations, the words bucking and rearing probably don’t bother you much. If you are just one of the rest of us on horseback, buck and rear are in fact…. four letter...
by Staff Writer | Nov 8, 2006 | Archives, Polo Tips by Tom Goodspeed
Posting versus Bouncing to the Trot…ok….who is going to want to read an article about trotting on a horse when the game of polo is played at a gallop. I know…I know….big morning yawn. I can’t help it, it’s on my list of subjects under horsemanship. I put it off as...
by Staff Writer | Oct 17, 2006 | Polo Tips by Tom Goodspeed
“Stick-side” Talk about a confusing term….what the “you know what” does stick-side mean…and more importantly can it be used in scrabble? Polo sticks are round…they don’t even have a side…do they? Some of us more fortunate in our playing abilities and horses, can...
by Staff Writer | Sep 18, 2006 | Polo Tips by Tom Goodspeed
Soft Hands and Active Legs….and a volume or so more. If you do not know your horse, you should always assume they have both a very sensitive mouth and sides. You don’t want to find out the hard way by yanking or kicking too hard right off the bat and send the horse...
