The Ponies

Argentina is by far the number in both quality and quantity of polo ponies. And there's no better place than the Pampa to find them. El Venado offers a large variety of horses suitable for different levels of play. They have been carefully selected and trained. The ponies have ideal physical compositions, are fully tamed, easy to manage, well-trained for easy managing and of excellent health.

Taming & Training

Taming is a three year process that starts when the colt is 2 years old, fundamentally working with long reins. The following year the pony spends most of its time training with linear excercises. The horse then participates in practice games in a low-pressure competitive environment until eventually it is exposed to professional level competition.

Newly born to 2 years Visual and
physical selection

2 to 3 year of age: Taming
3 to 4 years of age: Field training with linear excercises
4 to 5 years of age: Exposure to increasing levels of field competition
5 years of age: Continued perfecting while horse is offered for sale

The end result of the breeding training program at El Venado is a polo pony with salient characteristics: strength, resistance, controlled speed, a soft mouth for easy managing, and a soft and even gallop for easy riding.

El Venado has bred and sold over 200 polo ponies over the past 10 years.