Juan has been a member of the USPA for 25+ years. He started learning about polo as a little boy, growing up with polo in Mexico at the Polo Club of Tecamac. In 1990, he moved to the United States to work for Martin Estrada, making green horses and grooming. Juan began playing while he worked for Martin and later reach a 6 goal handicap playing professionally. He first picked up teaching in 2009 at Brandywine Polo Club working with Scott Brown. He was an instructor at Sarasota’s Polo School for several seasons, the head instructor at Brandywine from 2016-2017 as well as the Polo Manager from 2004-2017. Juan is now managing the polo operation at Arcola Ranch, located in Gallion, Alabama. Arcola ranch is fully equipped with a hitting cage, arena & regulation size polo field. School horses are available for lessons and for sale.
What has been one of your favorite teaching memories?
“Building confidence in my students.”
Contact Juan today to find out how to get polo lessons in Alabama!
Effective Date: Saturday, May 16, 2020
The suspension of USPA Tournaments and Events will be lifted for USPA Member Clubs in locales where hosting polo matches and tournaments is permitted under applicable state and local laws, executive orders and similar decrees. The USPA Member Clubs in these locales are encouraged to follow all such requirements of their state and local authorities with respect to polo operations. In addition, we also encourage all USPA Member Clubs to take the precautions recommended by the CDC. We are preparing a detailed list of best practices for USPA Member Clubs as they return to hosting USPA Tournaments and Events and plan to circulate these guidelines within the next week. We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely and will notify you if we determine a different course of action is necessary.
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