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22.01.2022 Congratulations to the Downs Hooper Accountants Team winning the final of the Silvershop Bracelet Tournament.

21.01.2022 Jim MacGinley Memorial 10 Goal Beaten Teams.

18.01.2022 DOWNS SILVERSHOP TOURNAMENT A Grade Winners - Downs Hooper Accountants (Angus Gunn, Derek Gilmore, Peter Cooke & Mark Adamson) A Grade Pony - Twist (Angus Gunn)... B Grade Winners - Downs Hoey Floats and Trailers (James Hoey, Tony Telford, Stuart Hoey & Gary Hoey) B Grade Pony - Mustard (Wayne Glennie) C Grade Winners - FH Polo (Bec Downie, Phillipa Fitzhenry, Justine Henwood & Sian Barnacle) D Grade Winners - Gympie (Justin Rous, Jemma Brown, Craig Holeman & Jeremy Brown) Thank you to all the sponsors, teams & volunteers for a great weekend and a specials thank you to the Silvershop for their ongoing support of the club. Looking forward to seeing everyone again next weekend for the Sapphire Shield!

16.01.2022 Gonzalo Pieres talks to Pololine about horses: Pieres and polo ponies go together like bread and butter. Since the legendary Gonzalo Pieres Sr. founded Ellersti...na with the inimitable Kerry Packer, the Pieres’ have not stopped breeding horses. The quality of the horses has improved every year, and today, the Pieres’ own some of the best polo ponies in the world. Their horses are fast and nimble, and they have been prized by associations around the world, staring with the fabulous Luna that Gonzalo played in the glory days of Ellerston and La Espadaña. Today, the mare holds a place in the Argentine Association of Polo Breeders’ Hall of Fame. Gonzalo’s sons, current members of Ellerstina, continue the family legacy, playing horses from the Pieres family breeding program in both Argentina and abroad. Gonzalito Pieres, a recent finalist of the San Jorge Open and winner of the Jockey Club Open, spoke to PoloLine about horses, a passion which has tied the family for over three decades. Can you describe your perfect polo pony? The perfect horse has to be easy to ride, have a soft mouth, be fast to turn and be able to accelerate quickly over a short distance. What is the most important characteristic of a good polo horse? A good head, those horses that are quick learners, and good height. In my case, the horse must be medium-sized, not too big. And overall, the horse must be docile. What is the ideal number of horses for a polo string? Nowadays, for Argentina and abroad, the foundation of the string is 15 horses. I think that is an ideal number to start. On average, how many new horses should one have coming into the string each season? It varies; it depends on the player and the breeding program. In Argentina, the number is quite high because that is where our breed is based. Ideally, one would add around four or five horses per year, in Argentina. Abroad, I would say an average of two per season. What is the most important stage of the training of a polo horse? It is all-important, starting with the combination of genetics. It is a fundamental process, and one has to be well advised, with good ideas and good combinations. Then the birth, ideally on a good farm; breaking in, trainingeverything is important. The first five years are the most important, where one has to try and make as few mistakes as possible and try to help the horse have a good head, so that they are willing to learn. That way, the horse will be ready when it comes time to play, and they will be able to respond to what you ask them to do. Which is, or was your favorite horse, and why? My favorite mare was Open Chita, a daughter of Luna’s, who I played my first Opens with. I played her until 2011 when she got injured, but she was by far my best mare for many years. Which is, or has been, the best horse you have seen play and why? My father’s mare Luna; I saw Carlitos Gracida, among others, play her. She was incredible; she changed hands. Many players rode her and she always gave an incredible performance, she never changed her style of play. Genetically, she gave us many children and grandchildrena very important bloodline. Of the horses you have seen play is there a particular one that you would like to try? I am intrigued by each player’s best horses: Adolfito’s Dolfina Cuartetera; Mariano Aguerre’s Machitos Jazz; Pablo Mac Donough’s Irenita Nuera; Horacito Heguy’s Marsellesa; and Bautista Heguy’s Alazanas Birra. There have been so many great horses that I would have liked to have tried and played.

14.01.2022 Teams 14goal & 8goal

13.01.2022 Well done to all the competitors at the Cooke O’Leary Tournament this weekend. Huge thanks to Maddie Hoey for the photos. See you all next weekend!

13.01.2022 Well here it is folks! The most anticipated video footage from Spring Polo 2019. Thank you all for coming along and supporting this wonderful community event! #isitthelast? or #Comebackin2021? Let us know what you think. Thank you Foxtail Productions.

13.01.2022 Please see important information from APF Chairman Stephen Philip about polo activities & Covid-19. NSW Polo Association WA Polo Queensland Polo South Australian Polo Association

12.01.2022 Lincoln Humphries was at Toowoomba's last ever Spring Polo, and saddled up for this special report. Did our camera catch you this weekend? #WINNews

11.01.2022 An excellent article on the Grimes boys, great players and amazing young men.

10.01.2022 Congratulation's Downs RAFF team who took out B Grade at the Silvershop Carnival held in Clifton over the weekend. They played Gympie GMG. (1st Photo) Will Gil...more, James Hoey, Zach Cochrane, Hamish Mcintosh. It was a 4 goal, 4 chukka game and at the end of 4th chukka teams were equal on 5-5, extra time was played with the understanding that the first team who scores wins. (2nd Photo) Congratulation's James Hoey who won the B Grade Pony Prize. Great work :-)

09.01.2022 Hooper Accountants are sponsoring the Toowoomba Tennis International. Pop in and have a look over the coming week.

06.01.2022 SAPPHIRE SHEILD TOURNAMENT A Grade Winners - Goondiwindi (Dave Coulton, Will Gilmore, Tom Coulton, Sam Coulton) A Grade Pony - Crackle (Angus Gunn) A Grade Team of Ponies - Halloween, Tayzar, Story, Vibe (Will Gilmore) ... B Grade Winners - Colliers (Russell May, Paul MacGinley, Simon Bernie, Wayne Glennie) B Grade Pony - Cindy (Simon Bernie) C Grade Winners - Hoey Floats & Trailers (Trudi Gunn, George Hill, Nick Verrart & Mike Aurther) Congratulations to all teams on a great weekend of polo!

05.01.2022 DOWNS POLO RAFFLE $10 a ticket 1st prize - Country Polo Saddle... 2nd prize - Buffalo stirrup leathers 3rd prize - Polo saddle pad Tickets available from the canteen over the next two weekends of polo at Clifton so make sure you come along to watch some great polo and grab yourself a ticket or two! If your not able to make it to the next two weekends you can buy the tickets by transferring to: Downs Polo Club BSB 084 983 Acc 50 859 9632 Reference: YOUR NAME - Raffle Prizes kindly donated by Charlie and Tony Telford from Highfields Produce. Raffle will be drawn Sunday 28th July 2019.

04.01.2022 Well Done to all of the downs juniors who attended and competed at the Australian Junior Polo School and Nationals at the weekend. 35 Kids from all over Australia including 12 interstate players.

04.01.2022 Check out this months polo times it includes a run down of the Australian Junior National Polo Championships held at the home of K&R Pro Polo - The Kooralbyn Valley Polo Club.....

03.01.2022 Ellerston v Wright Pastoral https://www.pololine.tv/garangulaspring-ellerston-wrightpa/