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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 02:45 PM Mar 2012

Black Teens Win Polo Championship (Again)

When the Work to Ride program founded the nation's first black polo team in 1999, the goal was simply to help disadvantaged kids from Philadelphia improve themselves through activities centered around horsemanship, equine sports and education.

Thirteen years later the team, made up of kids who defy the sport's privileged stereotype, has captured a national championship for the second year in a row.

BlackAmericaWeb reports:

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/38029

http://www.theroot.com/buzz/black-teens-win-polo-championship-again


I meant to post something about this a couple of months ago...ESPN radio had an excellent feature piece that I heard in the car...

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Black Teens Win Polo Championship (Again) (Original Post) Blue_Tires Mar 2012 OP
Cape Cod in Mass. started a polo club back in the 80s Warpy Mar 2012 #1
sweeeeet!!! nofurylike Mar 2012 #2

Warpy

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1. Cape Cod in Mass. started a polo club back in the 80s
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 02:48 PM
Mar 2012

and it consisted of ragtag players in Cape Cod formal (jeans with no holes and a clean plaid shirt) riding old horses they'd gotten cheap.

They regularly trounced the tony country club and hunt club teams from around the state.

I'm not surprised a bunch of black city kids turned out to be good at it. It seems it's the privileged who are not.

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