Lezlie Hiner: Real Sports Bonus Clip (HBO)
Real Sports HBO interviews Lezlie Hiner how her non-profit Work to Ride has impacted the future of the young girls committed to the program.
The Shadow League: “Real Sports” covers “Work to Ride”, an inner-city polo program
Opening doors for those who have no access, providing exposure to new experiences and helping people develop new skills and perspectives are things that everyone should aim to do across [...]
Sports Illustrated: Horse riding program teaches sport of kings to at-risk youth
Carmen Sharpe doesn't let her children play outside their home in a dangerous, gritty section of Philadelphia she refers to as ''The Badlands.'' So her 9-year-old daughter Marisol Jimenez cherishes…
The Philadelphia Tribune: ‘Work to Ride’ faces U. Va. for national polo title
The Philadelphia Work to Ride polo team will have a chance to once again showcase their skills in what is now the biggest polo event in the nation.
The Denver Post: From Philly to Fort Collins, polo brings star horseman storybook ride
Exposed to the game of polo at age 8, Kareem Rosser, now a 20-year-old sophomore at Colorado State University, has overcome incredible obstacles because of the sport, and anyone hearing [...]
Black History Month – Work to Ride Program
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon Kenshaun Walker could be hanging out doing the wrong thing but instead he is sharpening his skills in a game that was once reserved only [...]
ESPN: Polo program offers Philly teens life lessons
Sydney Rutledge did not grow up dreaming of having a horse she could call her own. She had more pressing matters to face -- like gang violence, teen pregnancy and [...]
Philadelphia Magazine: Polo in Philadelphia: Work to Ride Proves the Game’s Not Just for Ivy League
The ball kicks loose from a scrum near the center of the field, and Diego Nuñez, a history and literature major writing his senior thesis on polo as an instrument [...]
CBS Evening News: Philly teens discover ponies, become polo champs
Like a lot of the kids who grow up on Viola Street in West Philadelphia, Kareem Rosser was born with three strikes already against him: an overworked mother, an absent [...]
Sports Illustrated Vault: Riding High, Inner-City Philly Youths Top the Nation in Polo
Kareem Rosser first ventured the four miles from the tough West Philadelphia neighborhood known as The Bottom to Chamounix Equestrian Center 11 years ago. He learned how to muck a [...]
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