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R O D E R I C K V E R E N I C O L L
P U B L I S H E R
F O R E W O R D
We had a wonderful, dry and sunny summer in the UK and there was a lot
of outstanding polo, which you can read about in Action. Charlie Hanbury
(featured on our cover) didn’t win a game in the Queen’s Cup, but won all of them in
the Gold Cup and was named MVP. Michael Bickford has played in the final of the
Queen’s Cup for the past three years and finally won it, along with the Copa de Oro.
The Florida season is going to look very different in 2019, with the USPA
lowering its 26-goal series to 22 goals and two patrons launching a 26-goal World Polo
League. We discover both in Talk – spectators are going to be spoiled for choice!
In Opinion, Chip Campbell reflects on the challenges of running the USPA
as well as the progress made in the last year. For those of you who are part of
large, committee-led organisations, no doubt what he says will resonate.
What I love most about publishing
Hurlingham
is discovering what polo
players do off the field. In Features, we have a look at what Édouard Carmignac
has done with his art collection on the island of Porquerolles, and there is also
an interesting article about Coco Chanel’s connection with the game.
For all the latest polo news and action, visit
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A L E X W E B B E has been a player
since his teens and a regular on the
polo scene for more than 50 years.
He is best known as a journalist
– writing tournament coverage,
introductory articles about the sport
and profiles of some of the game’s
best. He is also the polo columnist
for the
Palm Beach Daily News.
C A R O L I N A B E R E S F O R D
has a rich family history of polo and
relishes her part-Irish, part-Chilean
nationality. She’s travelled the globe
watching her father, uncles and
brothers play. After graduating from
Bristol University with First Class
Honours in History of Art, she moved
to Argentina, where she now lives.
T H E R E S A H A R O L D was born
in Hong Kong, but now lives in
London and works as a journalist.
She writes for
The Telegraph
,
Prestige Hong Kong
, and
Harper’s
Bazaar UK
. Her love of horses began
as a child and she escapes to the
stables as often as possible, but
classes herself as a polo novice.
A B I H A N C O C K is an English
photographer who, coming from
a polo family, is dedicated to
capturing the passion, power and
intensity of polo through her images.
She created The Art Of Polo to
encompass not only her style of
photography but also to convey that
she sees the game itself as an art.
