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Send us Fan Mail On this Episode of Outside The Boards Podcast, I am really excited to introduce to you Brandon Phillips, a polo player, cancer survivor and founder of Polo For Life. An organization that raises money to help pediatric cancer patients and their families from diagnosis and treatment to survivorship and long-term follow-up. Brandon is a professional polo player. During his career, he...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #9: Agapito Morgan & Dale Johnson RECORDED: April 15th, 2022 On this Episode of Outside The Boards, I’m incredibly excited to welcome all of you to this Episode of Outside The Boards Podcast and introduce my next guests Mr. Agapito Morgan and Dale Johnson, Chairman and Committee Member of the United States Polo Association’s Dive...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #8: Dawn Jones RECORDED: February 14th, 2022 On this Episode of Outside The Boards Podcast, I am really excited to introduce player, patron and co-founder of the Women In Polo Network, Mrs. Dawn Jones. Dawn Jones is one of the most active women in American polo, both on and off the field. Some may know her as the wife of actor Tommy...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #7: Oliver "Olly" Hughes RECORDED: February 1st, 2022 On this Episode of Outside The Boards, after 10 years at the helm, I’m thrilled to welcome Oliver “Olly” Hughes, the Deputy Chief of the Hurlingham Polo Association. The governoring body for the sport of polo in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Way back in the mid 1980s O...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #5: Olivier Godallier RECORDED: January 17th, 2022 On this Episode of Outside The Boards, we finally get to go abroad. We will be taking a little trip France and meet up with Olivier Godallier, Co-Founder & President of Game Polo, which is responsible for the creation of the successful Polo Rider Cup, now in its second year at th...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #6: Hope Arellano RECORDED: January 21st, 2022 On this Episode of Outside The Boards, and after multiple failed attempts due to technical difficulties, I’m thrilled to welcome women’s polo rising star, Hope Arellano.   Born in Wellington, Florida, Arellano spends spring and fall each year in Aiken, South Carolina, where her family ow...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #3: Sheryl Sick RECORDED: November 11th, 2022 I am super excited about my guest, Sheryl Sick. Sheryl is the embodiment of a polo player’s spirit. When she is not on horseback swinging a mallet or managing the Pacific Northwest as the USPA’s Circuit Governor, Sheryl is finding other ways for the wind to blow through her hair. Weather...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #4: Todd Thurston RECORDED: November 17th, 2022 My guest on this Episode of Outside The Boards, is the ambitious and Team USPA Alumnus, Mr. Todd Thurston. Todd Thurston is a Real Estate Development Manager for Vertical Bridge REIT, LLC in Boca Raton. From Manakin Sabot, Virginia. Todd began riding at a young age before starting polo...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #1: Chip McKenney RECORDED: November 3rd, 2022 On this first Episode of Outside The Boards Season #2, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of polo’s global leaders and barrier breakers, Mr. Chip McKenney.  A former show jumper turned polo player at the age of 50, Chip is the Founder and President of the Gay Polo League (GPL) the on...

Send us Fan Mail OUTSIDE THE BOARDS™ PODCAST SEASON #2 | EPISODE #2: Fred Mannix RECORDED: November 9th, 2022 Mr. Fred Mannix is a very rare breed in the world of polo as both a professional player and Team Sponsor and Captain of the Alegria Polo Team. Fred is a born, bred and polo fed player from an early age. At sixteen years old, Fred Mannix became a member of Team Canada, and was one of the yo...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail You are listening to a special edition of Outside The Boards podcast celebrating the Oak Brook Polo Club’s 100th Anniversary.  Founded in 1922 by legendary businessman, Paul Butler, the Oak Brook Polo Club is an American Polo treasure and one of the oldest polo clubs in the United States. It was once the sport's epicenter for elite professional polo and served as home to the...

Send us Fan Mail In this captivating episode, we have the privilege of conversing with Erica Gandomcar-Sachs, a remarkable figure in the world of polo and a true trailblazer in her generation. Erica's deep-rooted connection to polo, stemming from her upbringing in a polo-centric family, has made her an embodiment of the sport and one of its most fervent advocates. Her parents, John and Chris...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Outside The Boards, we have the honor of interviewing Dr. Richard Caleel, the former President of the Federation of International Polo. Dr. Caleel's polo journey began in his mid-thirties when a friendly dare led him to attend a match. Little did he know that this seemingly simple dare would profoundly alter the course of his life. The exhilaration of the f...

Send us Fan Mail The Outside The Boards™ Podcast proudly presents Episode #6 of Season One, in collaboration with Global Polo TV. In this episode, we embark on a journey to the southern hemisphere as we connect with Simon Wilson, the visionary Founder and Managing Director of Urban Events, a New Zealand-based company renowned for orchestrating the thriving Lexus Urban Polo series in New Zealand an...

Send us Fan Mail The Outside The Boards™ Podcast is thrilled to unveil Episode #5 of Season One, proudly presented by Global Polo TV. In this engaging episode, I am delighted to introduce my dear friend and fellow Chicagoland polo enthusiast, Mr. Chris Vangel. Chris's journey into polo began during his teenage years, where he had the privilege of playing alongside notable figures such as Adam...

Send us Fan Mail The Outside The Boards™ Podcast proudly presents Episode #4 of Season One, in partnership with Global Polo TV. In this episode, we shine the spotlight on the remarkable American polo sensation, Mr. Jared Zenni. Hailing from the Chicagoland area in Lake Bluff, Illinois, and a recent graduate of the University of Miami, Jared has rapidly ascended as a rising star in the world of pro...

Send us Fan Mail Outside The Boards™ is thrilled to present Season One of our newly crafted podcast, brought to you in partnership with Global Polo TV. In our upcoming episode, we're honored to host the brilliant and talented Shannon Stilson. Shannon serves as the Assistant Vice President of Marketing for USPA Global Licensing, and she's also at the helm of the newly established Global P...

Send us Fan Mail Outside The Boards™ is thrilled to announce the release of Season One of our newly minted podcast, presented in collaboration with Global Polo TV. Our second guest on this podcast journey is none other than Kareem Rosser—an extraordinary individual who hails from the most unexpected of backgrounds and has become an outstanding ambassador for the world of polo. Kareem's remark...