CLINICS AND COURSES SPONSORED BY THE AACCP IN WHICH WE CONTRIBUTED ASSISTANCE FROM OUR BREEDERS
Break-In Course
ESTANCIA GRANDE- SAN LUIS
Between March 17 and 19 a break-in course was held at Estancia Grande, San Luis, developed by Cristóbal Scarpatti and with the participation of Polito Ulloa.
Cristóbal Scarpatti:“ For us it was a milestone to be able to share in this course with Polito Ulloa, whom we admire so much as a guide for all those who want to tame, because we know that all the best tamers we have today have gone through his center. Young people have all the potential needed for taming, but they must be helped to learn the importance of training; learning; becoming instructed … I think it’ s all they need, and above all to become aware of any other career … and that, added to experience and dedication, brings on good results.
We are very happy and surprised at the amount of people who attended. The club was a Polo Party this week-end, with polo tournaments and us in the corrals taming.”
Polito Ulloa:“ There is a great future for youngsters in taming. There are many people breeding and playing, and I think there is a very important future there. During the course we saw the beginning of taming with Indian taming, with the approach of the horse to the man. Then we tamers have to emphasize the work to be done on the horse’ s mouth, because a polo pony without a good mouth never gets to play.”
Osvaldo Bonilla:“ I thought it a very good idea so that people get to know clearly how taming from the ground is done. The fact that the Scarpattis are here, and also Polito, who is someone who knows so much and has a whole career to show for it, and always has something to say that is very interesting, is great. The work of the AACCP supporting this type of courses is a very good initiative. They shall have to organize more of this kind of events, because people learn a lot.”
Gabriel Ponsone:“ I notice that at this type of break-in, the groundwork is similar to the American systems, in which a lot of emphasis is put on the horse’ s psychology, respecting it, but not imposing things on it and winning its trust. But the difference I noticed is that it is personalized, with a desensitization of the horse as in the Indian break-in; it isn’ t so systematic, rather, more personal.”
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