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TONY RAMIREZ/IMAGESOFPOLO.COM,
DAVID LOMINSKA/POLOGRAPHICS.COM
S E Q U E N T I A L S U C C E S S
As cloned ponies continue to infiltrate high-goal polo, Darlene Ricker discovers there
is still space for individuality and emotional connections to occur
The 2017 US high-goal season at the
International Polo Club Palm Beach (IPC)
proved a landmark year not just for Valiente,
who won the American Triple Crown, but
also for a primo pony in the organisation’s
award-winning string. B09 – the ninth clone
of Adolfo Cambiaso’s legendary mare
Cuartetera – competed for the first time
in high-goal polo and won best-playing pony
(BPP) honours from the US Open Polo
Championship. B09 was raised and trained
at Crestview Farm in Aiken, South Carolina,
but has now jetted off to Buenos Aires to
join her fellow clones for the 2017 Argentine
high-goal season.
The success of B09 comes hot on the
heels of the same distinction earned by
her fellow clone, B06, who was BPP in the
2016 Tortugas Open final. When the award
was announced, crowds cheered.
While the Argentine season showed how
talented all of Cuartetera’s clones are, Alan
Meeker, founder of Crestview Genetics and
a partner with Cambiaso in the cloning
operation, stood up in amazement as he
watched the BPP blanket being draped on
B06. ‘Our precious B06 winning the BPP
