The Polo Pod: Recent Episodes
Rupert Lewis
A podcast covering the ins and outs of the polo world, interviews with players of the highest order and attacking the issues our sport faces!Created, produced and presented by Rupert LewisCo-Hosted by Jack Richardson(Featuring Corchito our mascot)
Were back in 2024
Bringing you a preview of this years UK High Goal teams and a round up of polo news!
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Jack catches up with Aurora Eastwood about all things Pony Club Polo and young player development through the HPA's new pathway.
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We catch up with our mate Tommy Beresford (Again!) but this time he is a Gold Cup winner, Coronation Cup winning captain and the highest rated British player in 22 years...sooo its a good one!
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We speak to three of players from each of the semi finalists (Dubai ghosted us!)
- Chris Mckensie (Marques de Riscal)
- Matt Perry (Park Place)
- Tommy Beresford (UAE)
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We chat about the Queens Cup Final 2023 as JR caught up with the legend that is Cacu Araya.
We also look ahead to the next big milestone of the 2023 English High Goal season the Gold Cup.
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We follow up on predictions from the 1/4 and semi finals and take a look at this years queens cup final!
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We have stolen him from the NRG podcast for a quick preview of the high goal season!
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On this weeks episode of the Pod Jack caught up with the legendary Jim Gilmore in Australia as he talked through his life in polo and the story behind the Ellerston Z.
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We are back with another episode of the Pod.
Matt Perry joins us from Dubai where he gives us an insight into what its like to be in a team and organisation with Barto and Jeta Castagnola. Talks to us about his winter plans and the team line up with Park Place for the UK season 2023.
We try to direct just how much of a freak Poroto is, how to solve the problems facing UK and global polo; all the usual nonsense!
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R&J
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Jack and Rupert discuss all things polo in 2022 (Albeit a bit late!)
Whats to come with the pod and what's been happening!
Same Pod
Same Chat
Same Promises
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We review the final of the Argentine Open 2021 and look back a year of polo memories
The Polo Pods Big Quiz Of The Year
2021 Awards
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Happy Christmas
We are back to pre view this years Argentine open final.
Predictions and substitutes.
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We first of all must apologise for our slack and slow releases of the pod this season!
This last instalment however is a ripper!
Mark Tomlinson Interview
Rumour Mill
News
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Were joined by the young english phenomenon Louis Hine now that hes had a week to digest his massive Gold Cup win with Thai Polo.
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We preview the Gold Cup Final 2021 with Charlie Hanbury and try to pick a winner!
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This episode the boys chat to one of the great guys in polo Marcos 'Cacu' Araya about his time in Dubai and life playing this years gold cup with Talandracas!
News
Craic
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This week he is back yet again but with good reason, hes won his second queens cup!
Tommy Beresford
News
Craic!
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Season 3 Episode 2
On the 'Pod' this week is Matt Perry as Rupert and jack dissect the goings on in the queens cup and look at the wider polo world
News
Interview
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We are back with season 3 of 'The Polo Pod'
Jack and Rupert chat about the upcoming season and have a look at the teams involved this season!
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Welcome back to a new season of The Polo Pod!
2021 has arrived and not much has changed in the world, COVID still dominates our lives and we are back in lockdown in the UK, but fear not! Jack and Rupert are back with more nonsense about the polo world to brighten your days, or just to give you something to listen to!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Coopers News
Argentine season roundup
Tommy Beresford interview
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Jack and Rupert round off the 2020 UK polo season and season 2 of the polo pod ending how we started with a chat with Malcolm Borwick.
Coopers News
Rumour Mill
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Jack and Rupert are joined this week by Tommy Beresford to discuss the High Goal handicap changes in depth!
Coopers News
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Jack and Rupert talk through tomorrows Queens Cup Final with losing semi finalist of Scone, Ollie Cudmore
Predictions and useless insight that you could probably have made yourself!
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This week Jack and I are joined whilst we melt in the heat by the Great Oaks|Les Lions patron Dillon Bacon
Coopers News
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Jack and Rupert are joined this week by Tom Morley to talk about this years Gold Cup and they discuss what we learnt about the teams heading into the Queens Cup.
Coopers News
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What a scalp we have this week with the legendary golfer and ok polo player Nico Pieres! We hear all about growing up inside the fabled Ellerstina organisation and life at the top.
Coopers News
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Kian Hall MVP from the Prince Of Wales Trophy 2020 and the 3 goal Englishman playing the season with Park Place is our guest this week and he tells jack and I about his rapid rise from grooming to playing polo around the world with the worlds best!
Coopers News
Rumour Mill
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This week Jack and Rupert discuss the massive results in the 2020 Gold Cup and news from around the polo circuit in the UK as the results begin to roll in finally!!
Coopers News
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This week Jack and Rupert preview the Gold Cup 2020 and have a chat to 8 goal superstar Juano Britos as he talks to us about making it to the triple crown in Argentina and the ride so far with Park Place.
Coopers News (Gold Cup Special)
Gold Cup Predictions
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This week Ollie Cudmore guest hosted the interview with James and Tom Beim. One has played rugby for England and the other has captained England in multiple test matches, lifting the Coronation Cup on multiple occasions.
Coopers News
Gold Cup 2020 draw
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George Meyrick is the guest on this weeks short episode. The high goal has started and were off and running again with the UK season.
Guess the Year
Coopers News
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This week Jack and I are joined by the legend that is Rob Cudmore. Having grown up in Australia where he fell in love with all sports not just polo it was when he settled in England that his polo career really took off.
Coopers News
The Rumour Mill
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We are joined this week by the legend that is Alan Kent. Having played all over the globe and been involved in high goal polo for more than 35 years Alans knowledge of the sport is second to none.
Jack is back with more updates
The Rumour Mill returns
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In an unbelievable scoop, here at The Polo Pod we are joined this week by the legend that is Memo Gracida. He talks us through his life in polo, the lessons he's learnt and how he became one of the all time greats!
Memo joins Jack for this weeks guess the year
Cooper is back with more News|Updates
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David Ashby of Oxford Polo is in to talk about getting people into the sport and how he runs his polo school and business.
Guess the Year is back, Coopers News and updates on the UK season
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Knowledgeable and passionate all round good guy, Antony Fanshawe is this weeks guest on The Polo Pod. He is the polo manager at Guards Polo Club and he talks to us about Covid 19 and the updates and how guards are shaping up for 2020.
Jack is back with Cooper's News and we throw it way way back on guess the year!
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This weeks guest is Billy Jackson-Stops, he grew up playing in the pony club, played a few years as pro, including a stint featuring in the Gold Cup for Lechuza Caracas. Now though he has become one of the brightest young bloodstock agents on the racing scene and is making waves in his new field.
Jack is also back with his weekly news
'Guess the Year' continues and we have the result for this weeks 'Guess the Horse'
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This week we bring you a shorter episode than usual. As an interlude to season 2.
No guest this week, but Jack and I chat through our week, bring you some breaking polo news and round off the polo quizzes from the week!
Stay safe and enjoy!
This week we are lucky to be joined by Rob Jornayvaz of Valiente Polo Team from the US. We chat about Rob's life in polo, their J5 breeding program and how Valiente became a super power on the global polo scene.
*The outro music is an original by Rob (Buudrow - Hummingbird)
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Hazel Jackson-Gaona is this weeks guest as she gives us an insight into how the ladies polo world works and chats about her meteoric rise to being 10 goals and one of the best lady players in the world.
Having "Had a couple of lucky years" in his words but we know that he's one of the most talented players in England. James Harper speaks to us about his rise to the top and how he got there. He is also joined by his son Will who is one of the most promising young players the country has to offer and also his wife Shannon, the glue that keeps the team together and the show on the road.
We also introduce our new feature of Guess the Year
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Please forgive any slips in the lack of sound quality, but we are recording via zoom for the time being!
WE ARE BACK!
How is Covid 19 going to effect polo? Find out the opinions of Malcolm Borwick and The Earl of Tyrone on Season 2 Episode 1
WE'RE BACK!
This time with another bonus pod; Ross Ainsley runs a successful polo business from New Zealand but one with a global reach. He sits down for a chat with Marcus Beresford on this episode of 'The Polo Pod'
Glen Gilmore, manager at Ellerston Austrailia talks to Lucy Taylor about his life in polo, where the sport is headed in his eyes and the goings on at the world famous polo paradise near Scone, New South Wales.
I chat all things fitness for polo with Jason Warren of Ham Polo Club
- Mental Preparation
- Different aspects of polo fitness
- Exercises to do at home
The Polo Pod introduces its new Aussie roving reporter as well as hearing from Gonzalito Pieres
Charlie Hanbury talks all about his breed Lovelocks and we discuss the best breeds in the world!
Pray for Diogo
I talk a bit about my experiences making thoroughbreds for polo.
Richard Tyrone gives us an insight into his young horse program!
The Polo Pod talks all about playing in Spain
Freddie Horne and Max Hutchinson give an insight into the low goal
Tommy Beresford talks at the other end of the spectrum and life in the fast lane of Spanish high goal
We also have "The Rumour Mill" where I reveal rumoured teams for next years high goal!
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BARTO'S CORONATION
I talk all things Coronation Cup 2019 from start to finish aswell as catching up with the players involved including the world number 1!
Interviews with...
- FACUNDO PIERES
- JUAN BRITOS
- JACK RICHARDSON
- OLLIE CUDMORE
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