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ISSN 1461-4685
www.polotimes.co.uk July 2010 3 28
Queen’s Cup News
6 All the latest news Comment
14 Interview: Carlos Gracida 18 Letters: a bumper month of reader reactions 22 Backchat with Clare Milford Haven 24 Herbert Spencer’s Global view 26 Arthur Douglas-Nugent’s Umpire’s corner
Reports
28 Queen’s Cup, Guards 34 Cowdray test match: England vs South Africa 38 British Ladies’ Championship, Cowdray 40 Polo In The Park, London 46 Duke of Sutherland/Indian Empire Shield 48 Gerald Balding Cup, Cirencester 50 Junior Schools Championships, Longdole 52 At home and abroad
56 Interview with the fourth Viscount Cowdray 62 Award-winner Lord Patrick Beresford
Features The knowledge
66 Playing around:Tidworth 69 Your game with Jamie Peel: pony sales 70 Pony power:Alice Gipps and Ketty 73 Feeding with Lorna Jowett: travelling 74 Travel: polo in Kenya 79 As mad as polo with Andrew Dent: rafting 80 Property: Midhurst and district 82 Gear: 12 of the best new pieces of kit 84 What’s on in July and club contacts
Out and about
86 Gold Cup draw at Cowdray 88 Polo In The Park in London 90 Ivan the Terrible Challenge at Guards
98 A week in the life of: Piers Plunket 66 Tidworth 62 40 Polo in the Park POLO
Lord Patrick Beresford
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