LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER INTRODUCTION
David Sabin, Angela Baker, Shamin Abas Bagatelle’s Remi Laba, Aymeric Clemente
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t is all about Wellington for this issue of Polo Magazine, as we celebrate the thirty one years since the first match was played here in 1979. The United States team historically beat the Argentines, and started a tradition of polo, lasting over three decades. Since then, Wellington has grow n almost unrecognizably, but at its heart there still remains a passion for the eques-
trian lifestyle, which seems to bind this close knit community so uniquely. Wellington, now home to the Palm Beach Polo Season, Winter Equestrian Festival, and the Wellington Classic Dressage ever y w inter, is considered the world’s premiere luxur y, equestrian
Becky Feldman & Erinn Janny at US Open Polo Championship 2009
sports destination. It is the definitive equestrian playground, filled with something for absolutely ever y equestrian enthusiast who visits during season, or makes it their home year round.
In addition to our regular columns like Championship Chic, profiles, social pages, and Plum TV, Wendy Chernin, Angela Baker, Charity Baker, Michelle McFaul
season resources, our feature articles this year include a colorful histor y of Wellington and its forefathers, Cow Tow n to Boom Tow n, w ritten by Sam Morton, as well as a photo spread Wellington Days, shot on location in Palm Beach and Wellington. We are ver y excited to also have the famed, Miami based w riter John Hood, as a contributor for the first time this issue, w ith a feature on Power boating, and to also have Melissa Leshem back w ith her take on Polo Pop.
As we launch this new 2010 issue, we also kick off the Palm Beach Polo Season, held at the Angela Baker, Shamin Abas, Michelle McFaul, Northrop Johnson Event Hamptons 2009
International Polo Club Palm Beach, and celebrate the entire 2010 Wellington Equestrian and Social Season ahead!
Angela Baker IPC. Pres John Wash, Farish Ensenat, Angela Baker, Grove Isle La Martina Fashion Show
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