Have you ever noticed that when something is near and dear to your heart (senior horses, in this case), it seems to almost follow you around? Such was the case in mid-October when I took my first polo lesson with some colleagues from The Horse.

Old polo pony

Despite being 23 years old and blind in one eye, Merlin zipped around the field eagerly and gave me an incredible first experience playing polo

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