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Monty received Most Improved Player through Enfield Chace Pony Club

Dear Polo Times

I wanted to write in about my passion for polo. Well, it started in the summer of 2019 when I went to watch a game at Silver Leys Polo Club in Hertfordshire. I had ridden on and off for a few years but I didn’t love it and got bored of cantering 20m circles! As soon as I saw my first polo game I could imagine myself playing and so I began lessons in October that year. I played with MHF Polo and I looked forward to playing every week, even during the winter when it was freezing cold...my mum didn’t look forward to that quite so much! One of my favourite polo ponies at MHF was called Gavilán and I always tried to ride him if possible, and just as lockdown started I was lucky to have the chance to buy him. Since then we have had the most incredible year and we got through lockdown together, and without him it wouldn’t have been such a good year for me. 2020 was a really hard year for a lot of people and so I am so grateful that I could spend my time learning with Gavilán. Having Gavilán has given me so much confidence and the lessons from the coaches at Silver Leys including Alec Banner Eve, Phil Sellers and Charlie Knott have helped me so much and last summer I was awarded my -2 handicap. I now play at some other clubs and I’ve been helped hugely by Eddie Kennedy and Richard Blake Tomas and have been given so many brilliant opportunities but having Silver Leys on my doorstep is amazing and I will always play there and continue my dream of being a professional polo player.

Thank you Monty Threadgold

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