Bart Evans

As horseman, trainer, breeder and player, Bart Evans’ success came “by the bootstraps.” At the age of 18, while riding and roping at Mackie’s Arena in Kansas City, he first saw polo being played. He taught himself, through trial and error, to hit the ball, and went on to play in college.

Bart became one of the best, earning an 8-goal handicap in 1976. He won the 1983 U.S. Open Championship, and three U.S. Handicap C.V. Whitney Cup and Butler Handicap titles each. He won a Monty Waterbury Cup, the Cup of the Americas, and the 1993 Silver Cup. Bart’s team also won the Pacific Coast Open and the International Gold Cup.

He represented the U.S. in the 1988 Westchester Cup win against Australasia and twice won World Cup Championships.