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he Royal Windsor Horse Show (RWHS), started in 1943 as a one day show to raise funds for the war effort and grew steadily in stature until it adopted its current format


of five days in 1977. Guards Polo Club formed in 1955, likewise grew steadily in prominence from two fields laid out on the former wartime airfield of Smith’s Lawn, reaching its current zenith of some 12 fields with the opening of Flemish Farm in 2014. Both have been blessed by significant Royal association throughout their illustrious history with HM The Queen as Patron of the show and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh as President of both. Such close links, both in history and


patronage, have led to shared synergy with Guards Polo Club sponsoring the Polo Pony Classes at the RWHS, usually held annually on the second Thursday of May, and the show supporting the Royal Windsor Horse Show Cup here at Guards Polo Club, usually played as a Cartier Queen’s Cup league match in late May. The Polo Pony Class, the brainchild of


Lord Patrick Beresford, the Club’s first Polo Manager, started in 1959. Then there was a single class for the Colonel Sir John Aird Challenge Trophy for the Champion Polo Pony – won that first year by Major Archie David’s Old Kate and ridden by Lord Patrick himself. In 1973 this class was divided into two divisions;


Lord Patrick Beresford playing Amberjack – Class and Championship winners in 1979, 1986, 1988 and 1989


“The show was a great learning experience for my young horses


from the racetrack” WILL BRASHER


Amberjack remains Lord


Patrick’s favourite pony, who was able to stop and turn on


his hocks and then take off at the full gallop better than any other pony he has witnessed


the Heavyweight for HH The Maharaja of Jaipur Challenge Cup and the Lightweight for the General Sir Rodney Moore Challenge Cup. The first two in each class then competed for the overall, original Challenge Trophy. To complement this structure, the Windsor Polo Club of Australia, in 1976, then presented a Reserve Challenge Cup for the pony placed second in the overall Championship. This format continued until 2016 when, in the


recognition of retrained racehorses to polo, the classes were 26


evolving contribution of


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