John Gobin (polo)

John Gobin
Residence Wellington, Florida
Occupation Polo player
Spouse(s) Kathleen Gobin
Children 1 daughter

John S. Gobin is an American six-goal polo player.

Early life

John S. Gobin grew up in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.[1] He began playing arena polo in interscholastic competitions at the age of fifteen.[2][3] From the age of seventeen to nineteen, he trained to become a polo player in Argentina.[3]

Polo

He began his career by playing with polo patron Geoffrey Kent, the founder of Abercrombie & Kent.[3] He then played on the Budweiser Polo Team.[3] He is now a six-goal polo player.[4]

He won the Westchester Cup alongside Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart and Robert E. Walton at the Guards Polo Club in England in 1992.[5][6][7] He won the Camacho Cup on the American team against Mexico in 2009.[2][8] He has competed on the Team USA against Argentina.[2] He has also played on the Duck Hill Polo Team at the Aiken Polo Club in Aiken, South Carolina.[9] He has also won the U.S. Arena Championships four times.[10]

He has been the manager of the Great Meadow Polo Club in The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia since 2007.[1][2][3]

Personal life

He winters in Wellington, Florida, and summers in The Plains, Virginia.[2] He also owns the Four Oaks Farm in Aiken, South Carolina.[3] His wife, Kathleen, is an equine veterinarian.[2] They have a daughter.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kristen Armstrong, Polo Changed His Life, and Now Gobin Works Hard to Give Back, Sun Gazette, July 9, 2007
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Kristen Obadal, Horse Country: Captain Polo, Washington Life Magazine, 22 November 2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Gobin to manage Great Meadow Polo, Fairfax Times, April 4, 2007
  4. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, pp. 139-140
  5. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 212, p. 301
  6. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 255
  7. ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, The Evolution of Polo, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2009, p. 184
  8. ↑ Betsy Burke Parker, Great Meadow polo manager goes global, Loudoun Times-Mirror
  9. ↑ Dede Biles, Gobin: Polo in Aiken more competitive this year, Aiken Standard, October 31, 2014
  10. ↑ Out On the Townsend: merica downs England in historic challenge, Polo Players' Edition