On a cool and cloudy June day in Santa Barbara it was a high flying Lady as Judith Baker entered her 75 th Birthday party on a para Glider also she was 10 minutes late but oh well after 60 minutes of soaring 4000 ft above the Polo fields at SB she dropped in for a very well attended Party for her big day. Judith has been involved in Polo so many ways since she arrived from the UK as a Jumper Lady and switched to Polo well 30 40 yrs ago and has been a figure ever since from Player groom horse trainer manager truck driver , she has done it all she was the trainer and seller of the first American Horse to win the best Playing Pony in the Argentine Open name was Silverado played 3 chukkars in the finals. Judith is still active in Polo running barns hauling horses and managing teams and still sounds English . WELL DONE MS.BAKER HAPPY BIRTHDAY I was shocked you were old enough to be my Mother old Dear !! On the Polo side it is a huge day in the UK with the finals of the Queens Cup at Windsor the two teams in the finals maybe a bit unexpected but they are there and should be PARK PLACE who features some monster talent and a very steady Patron who is a big reason they are there rarely makes on field mistakes and I think never fouls in games I have seen and is very big on making the right play. he has some Major help as well Juan Britos who was in the Desert a few years ago with Valiente then 2 goals now is an amazing 7 and the King of speed Hilario Ulioa well we all know what he can do after US OPEN he gets it done and he has the one of the most if not the most amazing Young Guns of them all Tommy Beresford son of Charles and he has to be proud . TB is so steady and so strong Hillario trust him like a 10 goal player because he know he will be there all day. They Play a Yank Team called La Indiana Patron and Player Michael Bickford who is also a gun on th pitch he fights hard and scores as well he has some major Big sticks as in Nick the Stick Roldan another Yank but behind him is an even bigger stick Facundo Pieres and a solid back door with young Alec White and they been in the finals often just never walked away with the Cup. This maybe there year it comes down to HORSES who has them ? Both are mounted well from videos but not amazing but they have beat some big time Horse laden teams Valiente and Nero and Sterling never a foot so it should be good ,
see it Sunday Morning
Out West in the US as in Santa Barbar the 12 goal continues into the final 2 weeks Noxis Ins. vs Klentner Ranch at 12.30 and F&M vs Barbosa and maybe the Sun will shine !!!!!
see ya