Lewis Lacey

Canadian-born Lewis Lacey had a long and distinguished international polo career, representing England in the Westchester Cup, and captaining Argentina in the Cup of the Americas. He was a member of the famed Argentine team that took the U.S. Open in 1922, and he won the Argentine Open several times between 1915 and 1937, as well as other notable tournaments in England and Argentina.

Lewis played often in America, almost every year from 1922 until 1931, never handicapped at less than 9-goals and rated 10-goals between 1915 and 1932. Many of his ponies were purchased by American buyers, most notably Jupiter and the celebrated Tobiana, Tommy Hitchcock’s most famous mount; both horses have been inducted into “Horses to Remember.”

Lewis also wrote about the game; his better known essays being “Equitation in the Game of Polo” and “The Judge’s Task in Polo Pony Shows.”