Emma and Marcus competed with the Australian team at the 2019 NZ Oceania Championship held in Taupo (Image courtesy Equestrian Australia).
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Emma Mason and Warrego Marco Polo Choosing between a special team of horses for this article proved very difficult for champion eventer Emma Mason. So, SONIA CAEIRO ALVAREZ helped pick one, and he proved to be the quirkiest of them all.
ost perfect partnerships start with a love story and the beginning of this one is no exception. Around five years ago Emma Mason serendipitously came across a Facebook photograph of a bay gelding, Warrego Marco Polo (more usually known as Marcus), taken at an eventing competition in Scone, NSW. She was immediately captivated and fell in love with the horse, owned and ridden by Justine Streater. From thence the journey began. Emma rang Justine on the off chance the horse was for sale and says that her connection with Marcus was immediate. “I loved him from the very first ride. He was just such a cool horse. I loved the feeling he gave me under saddle. Everything about him. I was hooked.” However, the ownership deal fell through and it seemed that fate would not unite these two, until serendipity struck again in the shape of an accident.
