Vero Beach Polo Club

08/23/2025

Congratulations to Sharon E Baumgardt & family! For those that may not know, Sharon is one of the Vero Beach Polo Club original members and a legend!!!

08/20/2025

Happiest of Birthdays to "The Voice of Vero Polo"! 🍾🥂
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08/19/2025

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08/08/2025

A bit of Polo history and an interesting story...

Tommy Hitchcock

Born in Aiken, South Carolina, he learned the sport of polo from his parents, Louise and Thomas Hitchcock, Sr. Tommy Jr. played in his first tournament at age 13 and was part of the Meadowbrook Polo Club that won the 1916 U.S. national junior championship.

During World War I, at age 17 Tommy Hitchcock joined the Lafayette Escadrille flying corps in France. He was shot down and captured by the Germans but escaped his captors by jumping out of the train. On foot, he hid in the woods during the daytime then walked more than one hundred miles for eight nights to the safety of Switzerland. After the war, Hitchcock returned to study at Harvard University. Playing polo, he led the U.S. team to victory in the 1921 Westchester Cup. From 1922 to 1940, Hitchcock carried a 10-goal handicap, which is the highest ranking in polo, from the United States of America Polo Association. Playing with notable stars such as Pete Bostwick, Jock Whitney, and Gerald Balding, he led four teams to U.S. National Open Championships in 1923, 1927, 1935 and 1936.

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald loosely modeled two characters in his books on Tommy Hitchcock, Jr.: Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (1925) and the Tommy Barban character in Tender Is the Night (1934). Hitchcock married Margaret Mellon, daughter of William Larimer Mellon, in New York City on 15 December 1928.

He is particularly remembered for his contributions to the development of the P-51 Mustang fighter plane and his tragic death while test-flying one.

A more detailed look at his life:
Polo Career:
Hitchcock was a 10-goal polo player, a status he maintained for 18 years from 1922-1940 (with one exception), according to the Olympics.com.
He won four U.S. Open Polo Championship titles and four Westchester Cup titles.
He was inducted into the Polo Hall of Fame in 1990.

Standing above the inverted Ferrari 250GTO he has been driving is American Tommy Hitchcock III. The race was the May 19, 1963 running of the Nürburgring 1000 Kms. and the Ferrari is lying in the “ditch” of the famous Karussell. Hitchcock had been going too fast and had spun entering the banked inner section, mounted the steep inside bank and then rolled off upside down.

08/01/2025

fun at the Polo Grounds

07/25/2025

to a wonderful Sunday of Polo with the ONE SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALITY CUP

07/22/2025

We thought a look back to Vero Beach Polo Club from last winter/spring may be a distraction from the summer heat here in Vero Beach!

07/21/2025

Great stuff. Polo!

07/21/2025

😁👍Pololine | La Dolfina Scone's epic win at the British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup

PoloLine official site of Polo. Welcome to the PoloLine Universe

07/04/2025

This Fourth of July, while you’re celebrating your independence, make sure to also celebrate the horses who made it all possible.

07/03/2025

Great stuff from our friends at Golf Carts of Vero Beach !

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