October 12, 2020
Four of my students graduated from KL Academy of Polo, passing their RSPC and RMPA polo tests, last week. Congratulations to Hritvik Chigurupati, Julian Ashby Lancia, Michelle Wakefield and Terese Aa. Vikse (pic left to right above), who are the first batch from KLAP to join the ranks of fully […]
October 8, 2020
KL Academy of Polo is organsing a second Pony Club Camp. Set for the ISKL school break, this three-day sports camp will run from 27th to 29th October, from 8:00 to 11:00 am, at the Royal Selangor Polo Club. The theme for this camp is POLO.
October 6, 2020
Iqbal Jumabhoy has been a teammate of mine in equestrian and polo teams since 1977. We have show jumped and evented internationally, and played SEA Games polo together. Iqbal has authored an article on the correlation of polo and business, on Linkedin. He quotes Michael Jordan, who said, “Talent wins […]
October 2, 2020
So often, new riders want to buy horses that are “cheap, good, young and sound.” They can go through months, even years of disappointment simply because these horses hardly ever exist, whether it is in polo, jumping, dressage or any other discipline.
September 28, 2020
In the heyday of Amateur Racing in Singapore, we used to saddle up the horses at the Bukit Timah Saddle Club and walk them a mile from the club’s stables to the mounting enclosure of the beautiful old Bukit Timah racecourse to do trackwork. Walking 50+ fit racehorses to the […]
September 21, 2020
I served the Federation of International Polo for six years, from 2012 to 2017, as their Tournament Director of the FIP Snow Polo World Cup. At the time, with as much as USD$3.2 million in prize-money, it was the biggest polo event in the world. With twelve participating countries fighting […]
September 17, 2020
I have noticed that many riders do not know the etiquette expected of them at a prize-giving ceremony.
September 11, 2020
When I started KL Academy of Polo, my aim was to raise the level of equitation and instruction offered in Malaysia. To do that, KL Academy of Polo made a massive investment in horses. I also insisted we have a policy of hiring qualified professionals and professional apprentices to do […]