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I have no idea how Myopia got it's name.  It's a huge,
really nice hunt club, just like the place that Julie
Robert's went to with Richard Gere in pretty woman.  

Carolyn Burgess

--- Lynne Glazer <anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stock trailers:  how else would you get your whole
> polo string into  
> an (affordable) trailer?  A 4 horse stock would work
> pretty well for  
> 7 smallish horses who are used to getting along for
> everything from  
> multiple ponying for exercise to standing tied
> together at events.
>
> (OT: how did Myopia get its name?  feel free to
> reply privately!)
>
> Lynne
>
> On Oct 28, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Susan, Princess of Pink
> wrote:
>
> > I've hunted with Myopia and they've hunted with my
> hunt.  NICE  
> > people and GREAT vision.  "Fumbling" just doesn't
> fit in with the  
> > typical foxhunter and especially not the Myopia
> Hunt.  However, I  
> > do get the funny picture the name implies.
> >
> > The polo player often buys his/her horses...and
> needs AT LEAST  
> > four.  No matter the discipline, a finished horse
> cost money.   
> > Thank goodness we don't have to have FOUR horses
> to compete in  
> > endurance rides!
> >
> > And, I think the fancy LQ horse trailers of the
> endurance world can  
> > be attributed to the fact we "live" out in the
> "wild" for a weekend  
> > while a polo player hauls in, plays, and goes
> home...all in the  
> > space of about four hours.  And, as Carolyn
> pointed out, if you  
> > just shelled out big bucks for your (at the
> minimum) four polo  
> > "ponies", you probably don't have the cash for a
> $50,000 trailer.
> > RE: Arabs in polo.  While MOST Arabs are too small
> to be top-notch  
> > choices, my Arab LOVES to leg-yield into another
> horse and push it  
> > around.  I've hunted with many polo players and we
> "play" that way  
> > when the hounds aren't working.  But, he wouldn't
> be my pick for a  
> > polo mount.  I've seen some neat acrobatics from
> polo ponies; they  
> > are awesome athletes!
> >
> > Lynne Glazer <anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am I the only one who hears "Myopia Hunt Club" and
> pictures Mr. Magoo
> > or the Professer Trelawney character from "Harry
> Potter et al" with
> > big ole glasses, mounted along with a whole field
> of similarly
> > accoutred riders fumbling about? ;-)
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