Performance insights - the case for ditching bandages
Since the early days of polo, bandages, or polo wraps, have protected the legs of polo ponies, and leg protection is mandated by the HPA...
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Michael Husted
- Sep 5, 2022
- 4 min
Taking your polo to the next level
Adolfo Cambiaso does it. Facu Pieres does it. Pelon does it, and several other polo players at the top of their game. But so does Jen on...
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Michael Husted
- Feb 26, 2022
- 2 min
What's the problem with the buckle on the Casablanca helmets?
Update: since writing this blog post, Casablanca has offered customers the option to the buckle on their helmets replaced. If you are a...
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Michael Husted
- Jan 4, 2022
- 2 min
Why do so many polo saddles spread?
We see a lot of polo saddles, and we see a lot of ill-fitting polo saddles. Some times the saddle being used is just not a good fit for a...
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Michael Husted
- Sep 15, 2021
- 4 min
How tight is too tight?
As of now, the HPA is banning all cinch girths, the Argentine style girth common in Argentina, but increasingly rare in the UK and...
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Michael Husted
- Feb 14, 2021
- 4 min
Asymmetric shoulders need asymmetric saddles
Are your saddles slipping or twisting to one side or the other? You might not necessarily feel it, but ask a friend to check the position...
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Alex Mackenzie, equine physiotherapist
- Sep 26, 2019
- 4 min
Saddle fit, freedom of movement and performance
Article by equine physiotherapist, Alex MacKenzie, on saddle fit, and how saddle fit impacts performance
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Michael Husted
- Jun 9, 2019
- 6 min
Are your saddles stealing from you?
Ill-fitting polo saddles robs you of performance on the field and money out of your pocket for vets, chiropractors and unintended...
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Michael Husted
- Apr 12, 2018
- 5 min
The cost of cheap polo saddles is higher than you may think!
A bad polo saddle could put your polo investment seriously in the red, whereas a good saddle can only enhance your return on investment, ex
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Michael Husted
- Feb 15, 2018
- 1 min
Getting your reins in a twist - or (k)not
Did you ever wonder why polo reins seem to be longer than necessary? Whether you hold your reins Argentinian or English style, you...
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Michael Husted
- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min
Do polo bandages do more harm than good?
Last summer I had a conversation with Harry Muddle, a UK pro, during a tournament at Polo Park Zürich. Harry told me that he no longer...
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Michael Husted
- Jan 28, 2018
- 4 min
How do you get the best game out of your polo ponies?
In July 2015, I played a tournament in Ascona (CH) with Ross Ainsley, Australian polo professional in every sense of the word. Two years...
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Michael Husted
- Jan 28, 2018
- 6 min
Polo helmet safety - trusting your helmet to protect you?
At a tournament at my club in August 2017, a two goal playing groom, who was grooming for me and other players at the club, fell off his hor
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