Equestrian Season Preview GAME ON!
Exciting Season On Tap For 2017 At The International Polo Club Palm Beach For many households during the Wellington winter season, the morning drill is the same: wake up, put on a pot of coffee and call the International Polo Club Palm Beach’s high-goal polo hotline to find out what is happening that day. Every Sunday, and often on weekdays — even on holidays — it’s game on
at IPC. In 2017, IPC will host 17 weeks of the world’s most exciting polo, starting on New Year’s Day. It is indeed a new year for polo in Wellington. IPC was purchased at the end of the 2016 high-goal polo season by a new partnership headed by Mark Bellissimo. Players and spectators alike
Sugar Erskine of the Coca-Cola Polo Team leads the charge toward goal.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LILA PHOTO
will see an enhanced polo experience this season, with major improvements made to the fields. Special attention was given to upgrading the stadium field, where Sunday’s featured matches are held. “We are confident that it will be an exciting season,” said Bellissimo, under-
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