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The cover is a painting by Alejandro Moy which embodies all three elements. Herbert Spencer in Features writes about the Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club in Tianjin, China which has organised with FIP a 12-nation, 16-goal snow polo tournament.

During the World Cup in Argentina in October, FIP broached the subject with the 12 nations and persuaded them all to field teams. This was an amazing feat and congratulations are due to all parties for putting on the largest international polo event ever!

Continuing the FIP thread you will read about how polo will be played again in Hong Kong. Peter Abisheganaden describes how the Royal Malaysian Polo Federation came up with a novel way of funding the ponies needed for the Zone D (Asian, Australasian, African) play-offs last June. In Profile Antony Fanshawe, the English coach for the FIP IX World Cup, in San Luis, Argentina recounts his experiences and excitement of coaching for the first time. Finally, in Action Nick Snow, a member of the USA team describes the tournament where Argentina defeated Brazil in the final.

For the art theme, we have the Moy painting and in Ponylines, Wellington College has commissioned a Nic Fiddian-Green sculpture of Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's favourite horse and the school is seeking to raise funding for an equestrian complex. George Pocheptsov joined the Harvard Polo team last year as a freshman. This ignited a childhood passion for horses and polo has become a major theme in his paintings. He has donated several to Harvard Polo Club which they can sell to raise funds for the team.

There is an article on the history of polo at Yale and also a story about a good artist at Harvard called George Pocheptsov . In the Action, we have an article about the Triple Crown and there are highlights of all three finals on www.hurlinghampolo.com

Articles on:
FIP World Cup Zone D qualifying Tournament on pages 22-23.
FIP World Cup on pages 60-61-62.

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