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More Horses in Motion –
Newport Polo Finals Competition

Charging for the ball - Newport Finals

Imagine if you can…

This field trip to Newport Polo in Portsmouth, RI on September 26th 2015 was to watch the Polo Finals Competition which was just for bragging rights between the polo players. It was also the perfect opportunity to capture these amazing polo ponies in action during the course of the game. While you view these pictures imagine if you can what is involved in this sport – you have a human, riding a horse sometimes at top speed, chasing a little white ball over a field the size of a football field with a mallet, working with three other horse and rider groups and competing with four other horse and riders groups for that ball. Now imagine all of the forces and stresses the horses bodies must handle during the course of a single seven and a half minute chukker. Keep all of that in mind while you click through the gallery of photos I have selected from todays adventure.

Keep your eye on the ball

No matter how many times I watch horses in action, or study photos of their bodies as they move, I am always impressed by the amazing forces their legs have to withstand. You can’t appreciate the flexion of the fetlock and pastern until you see it captured in a photo when it is fully loaded with the weight of the horse, who is moving at tremendous speed. That flexion is supported by a variety of ligaments and tendons in the distal limb, which can be viewed in this illustration of the distal limb of the horse.

Suspended Acceleration Newport Polo
Suspended Acceleration Newport Polo
Top of the swing at the ball
Top of the swing at the ball
Polo players challenging for the line of the ball
Polo players challenging for the line of the ball
Full speed foot race with backswing
Full speed foot race with backswing
First step of a gallop stride
First step of a gallop stride
Fourth beat of a gallop stride
Fourth beat of a gallop stride
Suspension phase of canter stride
Suspension phase of canter stride
Keeping control of the ball
Keeping control of the ball
Two polo players competing for the ball
Two polo players competing for the ball
Group of polo ponies chasing the ball down field
Group of polo ponies chasing the ball down field
Warming up canter stride
Warming up canter stride
Reined in forward energy of a polo pony
Reined in forward energy of a polo pony
Three polo ponies all in different phases on canter
Three polo ponies all in different phases on canter
Preparing to hook a shot
Preparing to hook a shot
Cantering polo pony in a turn
Cantering polo pony in a turn
Second step of a gallop stride
Second step of a gallop stride
Turning the ball upfield
Turning the ball upfield
Polo ponies turning and driving the line
Polo ponies turning and driving the line
Keep your eye on the ball
Keep your eye on the ball
Charging for the ball - Newport Finals
Charging for the ball - Newport Finals

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