Off to Greener Pastures

Saturday, hundreds of Washingtonian polo fans who support living a greener, sustainable way of life, came out to the Capitol Polo Club located in Poolesville, MD.  The weather was literally perfect and we were more than entertained by the matches throughout the day as well as the demos and performances provided for us in between.

This year, the non-polo match exhibitions were quite memorable, especially the Celebrity Exhibition Polo demonstration that placed former Redskin Gary Clark on a horse for the very first time.  Rick “Doc” Walker (cigar in mouth, of course) and his friends yelled out at Gary telling him that his horse had more points than he and if he didn’t get his horse to move that they would take back the Super Bowl ring and so on and so on.  Poor Gary.  His pony was being led around by handler nice and slowly, but luckily, Gary was able to finally score a goal (which his friends were sure had been set up).  The other celebrity riders included Philippe Cousteau of EarthEcho International, who gave a quick speech before he saddled up (which everyone talked through-typical Washington) and made a goal, Ambassador Said T. Jawad from Afghanistan, Carlos Bignoli of the Capitol Polo Club, and the famous Charlie Muldoon.  The interesting thing is that even though Philippe loves animals (his name means “lover of horses”), he couldn’t wait to get off the pony.  Perhaps he likes seahorses better?

Congratulations to all of the participants and winners, and to the folks at Green Cup for executing an excellent event and show again.  The final numbers raised for EPIC, ACORE, and EarthEcho International will be out soon, but thank you to all of the sponsors and attendees for choosing to live a greener way of life.

Honorary Board of Advisors
Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen (Denmark), Ambassador Jonas Hafström (Sweden),
Ambassador Said T. Jawad (Afghanistan), Carlos Mascias, Philippe Cousteau.

Co-Chairs
Dr. Robert Do and Mr. Mike Rubin

Green Event Coordinator
Sara Trab Nielsen

Host Committee
Katy Adams, Neil Agate, Jon Anderson, Lydia Arshadi, Marisa Bianchi, Marcos Bignoli, Nina
Black, Hoy Booker, Andrew Bullion, Theresa Butler, Anna Croll, Sacha Cohen, Pam Dubois,
Courtney Farr, Sunny Khan, Adam Leighton, Carlos Mascias, Tara McNamara, Charlie
Muldoon, Joe Muldoon, Suleyman Ozbey, Alan Popovsky, Ray Regan, Candy Schibli, Shana
Schwartz, Nicole Siobal, Joy Sippel, Pamela Sorensen, Meg Thompson, David Tobin, Rocio
Velez, Romina Vos-D’Angelo, Tom Weirich, Derek Wilson, Audrey Wood.

Enjoy the photos from the day:  SEE PHOTOS ON FLICKR

Pictured above: Ambassador Said T. Jawad (Afghanistan); below: Philippe Cousteau, Nadira Isaacs, Tania Galarza & Lena Aburdene; Ray Regan & Ambassador Said T. Jawad; exhibition; Kate Marie Grinold & Angie Goff; a team Solena player;  Gary Clark on his first horse; Martin Bashir & Alan Popovsky of Hudson Restaurant & Lounge; Dr. Robert Do welcomes the crowd; Jan Cousteau & Kate Marie Grinold)