One wouldn’t consider West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the sport of polo to be synonymous, yet the sport of kings prevails at Fairmount Park’s Chamounix Equestrian Stables, situated on the outskirts [...]
Polo has a colorful history: The strenuous team sport began more than 2,000 years ago in Central Asia – a game that doubled as war training on horseback. It spread [...]
I didn’t start it off knowing what polo was or thinking that I will be playing it. So, just being able to play, it’s changed my life. My name is [...]
At Work to Ride, students learn how to care for horses, forming bonds with the horses and other students along the way. Some go on to compete in horse shows [...]
Through polo, 14-year-old Marisol Jimenez’s stresses fade away. “I feel like this is where I'm supposed to be. This is my passion,” she said. Marisol found the sport through the [...]
It started with a wrong turn while driving in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. That was how 8-year-old Shariah Harris and her mother found the stables of an equestrian program called "Work [...]
ARCHER & BUCHANAN is proud to contribute to the Work to Ride Horsemanship, Equine Sports and Education Program at the Chamounix Equestrian Center in Philadelphia. Work to Ride (WTR), founded [...]
Sheinelle Jones heads to Philadelphia to go inside the Chamounix Equestrian Center, where kids are learning all about horses and how to take care of them. Lezlie Hiner developed the [...]
A horse stable in the middle of Philadelphia is busy taking care of injured horses and it's all run by young people. The work underway at the stable recently caught [...]
Young people in Philadelphia's Work to Ride program, which allows underprivileged youths to experience horsemanship, are helping redefine the typical image of polo players.
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