Mariana Beltranena is a hustler with an entrepreneur spirit, amateur polo player and women's polo ambassador. You might enjoy this episode if you're interested in learning about the strategy and tactical work it takes to put on a successful polo event with international players, big name sponsors, and having a local economic and social impact. You'll learn a little bit more about her story in Finance and Private Equity, how she got started playing polo and a few more golden nuggets!...

On this episode I have the honor of chatting with Dr. Cris Navas, an accomplished veterinarian out of the New Bolton center at UPenn with clinical specialities in exercising testing, exercise associated deaths, telehealth, ultrasonography. Dr. Navas’ ongoing projects are designed to prevent injuries and exercise associated deaths in equine athletes and to promote veterinary health and education using telehealth.I hope you enjoy this conversation with one of the best veterinarians in the ...

On this episode, Gideon is joined by Lucile Vigouroux, the owner and founder of Propulsion Equine PEMF. They offer a practice which provides pulse electromagnetic field sessions to horses, particularly hunter jumpers and show horses on the east coast circuit of the United States. Lucile is also a freelance journalist who is published in several publications about equine healthcare, veterinary medicine, nutrition and management. Sharing her background, Lucile says she came for a very non ...

On this episode of the podcast, Gideon is joined by long time friend and technology consultant for Accenture, Christian. Christian grew up in Guatemala City playing polo where he developed a passion for the sport and for the animal. He knew he wanted to continue polo in college and with all his friends leaving Guatemala to study abroad he settled on Texas A&M.Throughout the podcast, Christian talks about his success in polo, winning the Intercollegiate championship three out of his four y...

Gideon speaks to Marissa Wells, a professional polo player and polo instructor, who has played at both intercollegiate and interscholastic levels. Marissa’s family has a long lasting relationship with polo, with both her grandparents and parents having played the sport. Marissa starts by talking to us about the handicap system in polo, giving us an explanation of the two handicaps men can have and the four handicaps women can have, for both grass and arena polo. Marissa is a nine handica...