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Stock trailers:  how else would you get your whole polo string into  
an (affordable) trailer?  A 4 horse stock would work pretty well for  
7 smallish horses who are used to getting along for everything from  
multiple ponying for exercise to standing tied together at events.

(OT: how did Myopia get its name?  feel free to reply privately!)

Lynne

On Oct 28, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Susan, Princess of Pink wrote:

> I've hunted with Myopia and they've hunted with my hunt.  NICE  
> people and GREAT vision.  "Fumbling" just doesn't fit in with the  
> typical foxhunter and especially not the Myopia Hunt.  However, I  
> do get the funny picture the name implies.
>
> The polo player often buys his/her horses...and needs AT LEAST  
> four.  No matter the discipline, a finished horse cost money.   
> Thank goodness we don't have to have FOUR horses to compete in  
> endurance rides!
>
> And, I think the fancy LQ horse trailers of the endurance world can  
> be attributed to the fact we "live" out in the "wild" for a weekend  
> while a polo player hauls in, plays, and goes home...all in the  
> space of about four hours.  And, as Carolyn pointed out, if you  
> just shelled out big bucks for your (at the minimum) four polo  
> "ponies", you probably don't have the cash for a $50,000 trailer.
>
> RE: Arabs in polo.  While MOST Arabs are too small to be top-notch  
> choices, my Arab LOVES to leg-yield into another horse and push it  
> around.  I've hunted with many polo players and we "play" that way  
> when the hounds aren't working.  But, he wouldn't be my pick for a  
> polo mount.  I've seen some neat acrobatics from polo ponies; they  
> are awesome athletes!
>
> Lynne Glazer <anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am I the only one who hears "Myopia Hunt Club" and pictures Mr. Magoo
> or the Professer Trelawney character from "Harry Potter et al" with
> big ole glasses, mounted along with a whole field of similarly
> accoutred riders fumbling about? ;-)

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