Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame
Museum of Polo
Horses to Remember
| Image | Title | Summary | Induction Date | Read More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Chica Boom | Chica Boom was a mare bred and trained by Bart and Nena Evans on their ranch near Midland, Texas… | March 3, 2000 | View |
 | Tobiana | Tobiana was a celebrated Argentine-bred piebald… | March 3, 2000 | View |
 | Badger | Badger was Cecil Smith’s great “war horse.” A big brown gelding… | March 3, 2000 | View |
 | Cat A Joy | Cat A Joy was one of the Oxley Stable’s finest, a bay mare bred and played by John T. Oxley and trained by Joe Casey… | March 3, 2000 | View |
 | Kaliman | Kaliman carried Memo Gracida to victory many times and won a fair share of accolades along the way…. | February 17, 2001 | View |
 | Woodie D (aka Stormy) | Woodie D was a gem of a polo pony with many facets… | February 17, 2001 | View |
 | Cynthia Lola | Cynthia Lola is just the kind of polo pony you would expect… | February 16, 2002 | View |
 | Ragamuffin | Ragamuffin was the winner of the Willis L. Hartman Trophy… | February 16, 2002 | View |
 | Sweet William | Sweet William, a brown thoroughbred gelding, earned worldwide acclaim… | February 16, 2002 | View |
 | Alabama | Alabama, a gray gelding owned by Steve Gose and played by Joe Barry, won the Hartman Award… | February 21, 2003 | View |
 | Delta Dawn | Delta Dawn was a gray thoroughbred mare trained by Cecil Smith… | February 21, 2003 | View |
 | Magazin | Originally known as Magasin, this liver chestnut stallion was owned and played by Delmar Carroll for 13 years, and won the Hartman Trophy.. | February 20, 2004 | View |
 | Jupiter | Played by Canadian-born, Argentine-raised 10-goaler Lewis Lacey in the 1928 Cup of the Americas, this chestnut pony impressed everyone with his skill and stamina over multiple chukkers. | February 18, 2005 | View |
 | Electric Charge | Electric Charge was a dark chestnut, thoroughbred mare and the winner of the Hartman Trophy in 1981. | February 18, 2005 | View |
 | Gay Boy | Gay Boy, Texas rancher Will C. Gay’s gift to the game of polo… | February 17, 2006 | View |
 | Levicu | Levicu was a bay mare acclaimed for her fantastic acceleration, flat-out speed, and endurance… | February 17, 2006 | View |
 | Burrito | Burrito was a handsome, “blindingly fast” dark bay thoroughbred gelding bred at John T. Oxley’s Oxley Polo Stables | February 16, 2007 | View |
 | Bonnie J | Bonnie J was a dun mare who 10-goaler Cecil Smith recalled as the best pony he ever owned… | February 16, 2007 | View |
 | Cottontail | One of the great American ponies of the “Big Four” era was Harry Payne Whitney’s Cottontail… | February 15, 2008 | View |
 | Little Lou Dee | Bred and owned by Tommy and Billy Wayman, this gallant little black mare played in eight U.S. Opens… | February 15, 2008 | View |
 | Rotallen | Northrup Knox’s Rotallen was one of his legendary group of mares… | February 13, 2009 | View |
 | Belle of All | In the hands of Louis Stoddard, Belle of All played brilliantly and with the heart of a lioness… | February 13, 2009 | View |
 | Red Ace | Dr. E.J. Boeseke, Sr., found Red Ace at a Tijuana racetrack, brought him to California and trained him as a polo pony…. | February 12, 2010 | View |
 | Khaki | Although quiet around the barn, Hector Galindo’s gallant mare had it all… | February 12, 2010 | View |
 | Tenby | Foaled in 1903, Tenby was the gallant black gelding who carried Devereux Milburn Sr. for three periods in each of the Westchester Cup… | February 18, 2011 | View |
 | La Fortuna | A gray 15.1 hand Thoroughbred gelding, La Fortuna was one of Tommy Wayman’s favorite horses…. | February 18, 2011 | View |
 | Brown Fern | An American-bred, thoroughbred, gray gelding, Brown Fern was originally bred to race… | February 17, 2012 | View |
 | Chips Royal | Chips Royal was the winner of the 1973 Hartman Award in the U.S. Open… | February 17, 2012 | View |
 | Ever Ready | A chestnut mare, trained and played by Ray Harrington (Hall of Fame 1993), Ever Ready was Ray’s “war horse”… | February 15, 2013 | View |
 | Fairy Story | A celebrated mare bred in England, Fairy Story first came to the U.S. in 1923… | February 15, 2013 | View |
 | Beetlejuice | At just 14.3 hands, this small bundle of dynamite has not let her size stop her.. | February 14, 2014 | View |
 | Fuss Budget | A Kentucky-bred thoroughbred mare foaled in 1928, Fuss Budget won 12 races before starting her polo career… | February 14, 2014 | View |
 | Katrina | The great gray mare Katrina was bred and first played in Argentina by Charles N. “Bunny” Land | February 13, 2015 | View |
 | Sue Ellen | From her birth in 1990, the dark bay Thoroughbred mare Sue Ellen was destined for greatness… | February 13, 2015 | View |
 | Toy Moon | The remarkably talented mare Toy Moon was bred in Hawaii circa 1931 by noted breeder of polo ponies, Walter Dillingham… | February 12, 2016 | View |
 | Califa | Bred in Argentina and foaled in 1996 as part of the famed Pieres breeding program, the famous bay gelding… | February 12, 2016 | View |
 | Chicken | A bay mare bred in Virginia of unknown parentage, Chicken was discovered in the Remount Depot… | February 12, 2017 | View |
 | Nebraska Sunset | nducted in 2017, Charles Smith’s great, multi-award winning mare, Nebraska Sunset… | February 17, 2017 | View |
 | Lovely Sage | As beautiful as her name would imply, the attributes of Lovely Sage did not stop at that… | February 16, 2018 | View |
 | Ruifino | Her story began in Argentina where she was a favored mount of the hard-riding Manuel Andrada… | February 16, 2018 | View |
 | Mr.Polo | Memo Gracida’s memorable old war horse, Mr. Polo, more than lived up to his name… | February 15, 2019 | View |
 | Conover | Conover was part of the enviable string of Harry Payne Whitney. | February 15, 2019 | View |
 | Gargantilla | The celebrated polo pony Gargantilla could not be confused with any other. | February 14, 2020 | View |
 | Wembley | A venerable veteran of the most highly competitive polo in the U.S. and around the world, Wembley has been played by the best players in the sport. | February 14, 2020 | View |
 | Silverada | Silverada was played by 10-goaler Gonzalo Heguy for the East Coast Open in 1994 where she won Best Playing Pony. | February 18, 2021 | View |
 | Little Mary | Little Mary – bred in Ireland, the much-celebrated bay pony “Little Mary” was owned by August Belmont and loaned to the American team… | February 18, 2021 | View |
 | Jacobs | Jacobs (unknown breeding, Texas-bred) – Jacobs’ career spanned ten years playing in all the top tournaments of his era… | February 18, 2022 | View |
 | Hale Bopp | The petite powerhouse “Hale Bopp” was a well-recognized equine hero of American polo during the early years of the 2000s… | February 17, 2023 | View |
 | None So Pretty | The aptly named None So Pretty was an Argentine-bred, chestnut mare owned and played by Stephen “Laddie” Sanford… | February 17, 2023 | View |
 | Royal Diamond | Considered to be one of the greatest polo mounts of her day, the stunning bay mare Royal Diamond was part of… | February 16, 2024 | View |
 | Sweet Be | Sweet Be (New Windsor x Our Boy’s Beauty) was a gray, thoroughbred mare, trained by the legendary horseman Cecil Smith and his son, Charles… | February 16, 2024 | View |
 | Beatrice | Sweet Be (New Windsor x Our Boy’s Beauty) was a gray, thoroughbred mare, trained by the legendary horseman Cecil Smith and his son, Charles… | February 14, 2025 | View |
 | Flash | Sweet Be (New Windsor x Our Boy’s Beauty) was a gray, thoroughbred mare, trained by the legendary horseman Cecil Smith and his son, Charles… | February 14, 2025 | View |