The Rising Stars Of Polo
Local Team Dominates The Competition At National Youth Series By Julie Unger
Wellington is home to many extremely talented polo players, including the young men who represented Wellington at this summer’s United States Polo Association National Youth Tournament Series at the San Diego Polo Club and the Central Park Horse Show in New York. Earlier this year, four Wellington polo players captured the Cecil Smith Cup after winning the National Youth
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Tournament Series. It was the second year in a row that the team, representing Zone 3, won the title. Over the duration of 27 tournaments, 122 players competed to be chosen as the 16 all-stars to compete in the national event. Rising to the top were local teenagers Christian Weisz, Grant Ganzi, Juan Bollini Jr. and Wesley Finlayson, who are well on their way to achieving their
dreams as rising stars in the elite sport of polo. “Like most sports, polo requires a lot of time and determination,” Finlayson said. “It takes patience to learn everything about the sport. It takes a goodminded person to be able to go to the barn every day and ride all of your horses and maintain all of your valuables and keep track of your assets.” However, it is this hard work, prac-