play in Sotogrande in Spain. A month of practices followed and Juan was booked for the following season. The Spanish season became part of his annual routine for the next five years. In 2016, Juan was due
to fly back to Europe in preparation to head to Sotogrande when he received the news that his patron would no longer be playing. Bereft, he considered his options as a talented six- goaler, but without a string of ponies. “Everything was hard,” Juan recalled. “When you don’t have much it’s hard, you don’t know where you’re going. You get a job, you go, you come back, play the Argentine season, spend all the money you have, and then get another job. You are going, but you don’t have a clue where you’re going. No one tells you how to do it, no one teaches you. You need to want it really bad.” News travels fast on the
polo grapevine and Juan Britos didn’t have long to dwell
