Adam Snow
| Adam Snow | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Aiken, South Carolina |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Polo player |
| Spouse(s) | Shelley (Onderdonk) Snow |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Parent(s) | Crocker Snow, Jr. |
| Relatives | Adam Winthrop (godfather) |
Adam Snow is an American ten-goal polo player.
Early life
Adam Snow grew up in Hamilton, near Boston, Massachusetts.[1] His father, Crocker Snow, Jr., played polo, as did his paternal grandfather.[2] His father remarried a Swedish woman.[1] They lived in Japan when he was a child.[1] His godfather was Adam Winthrop, after whom the Adam Winthrop Polo Field in Aiken, South Carolina is named.[2]
He spent his summers playing polo at the Myopia Polo Club in South Hamilton and the Saratoga Polo Club in Saratoga Springs, New York as a teenager.[1] He also taught polo clinics at Myopia.[1][2] He took a gap year to play hockey professionally in Sweden, followed by lacrosse in England.[1] He graduated from Yale University, where he played varsity hockey and lacrosse, even beating the Harvard University team.[1]
Polo
He started his polo career by working on Hector Barrantes's ranch in Argentina.[1][2] He then played at the Greenwich Polo Club near Greenwich, Connecticut.[1] Shortly after, he played for polo patron Brook Johnston on the "polo circuit" in England, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Argentina.[1] He became a ten-goal polo player in 2002.[3]
He won the Westchester Cup alongside John Gobin, Owen Rinehart and Robert E. Walton at the Guards Polo Club in 1992.[3][4] A decade later, in 2002, he won the U.S. Open Polo Championship at the Royal Palm Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida on the Coca-Cola Polo Team alongside Gillian Johnston, Miguel Novillo Astrada and Tommy Biddle.[5] He has also won the Monty Waterbury Cup.[3]
He has owned between forty to twenty horses.[1] His polo pony, a mare called Pumbaa, was the recipient of the Willis L. Hartman Trophy in 2002.[6]
He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida in 2013.[2][7]
Personal life
He married Shelley (Onderdonk) Snow, an equine veterinarian, in 1989.[1][2] They have three sons.[1] They reside in Aiken, South Carolina.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Gwen Rizzo, Dancing the Dance: Adam Snow joins the elite corps of 10-goal players, making it an even dozen., Polo Players' Edition
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Adam Snow to Hall of Fame, Aiken Horse News: A Supplement to The Aiken Horse Newspaper, February 10, 2014
- 1 2 3 Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, p. 350
- ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 212, p. 301
- ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 223
- ↑ Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, p. 161
- ↑ Brenda Lynn, Museum of Polo & Hall of Fame Announces Inductees for 25th Anniversary Archived February 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., 10-29-2013