15-Year-Old Polo Prodigy Juancito Redlich Carries Family Legacy on Long Island Fields

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00:00The most that I like is the horses. Playing polo also is really fun.

00:06Usually I play with my father, so it's also really fun.

00:12And that is the three things that I like.

00:17We had a farm in Argentina and I always ride horses.

00:24But I started playing polo since I have 10 years old.

00:30He does another sport. He plays soccer and rugby and he loves those sports.

00:36And when he was young, I used to take him with the horses and he was playing soccer.

00:41He was not looking at the horses.

00:43And I think when we had the COVID in 2020, because we couldn't get out of the houses,

00:55he was spending a lot of time in a farm with maybe his best friend in Argentina and they ride all day long horses.

01:06So after 2020, I saw him like a huge change because he started to ask me about stuff from horses and polo.

01:21And I saw a huge change.

01:25And then, like three years ago, he started to play with me here.

01:32And I saw that he was very into polo, like into sport.

01:40Here we played a lot of tournaments that were so difficult with him and it was a tough challenge.

01:54He's very natural with the horses and he always takes the best of each horse.

02:02I never saw him fighting with a horse or making a horse tired or he always takes the best of every horse.

02:13And I think that's a really good thing that he has.

02:16And then a few more things because he's been improving a lot, playing as a team, work.

02:24He's been taking a lot of, he knows how to take a guy, he knows how to help to the team doing that.

02:33He's getting quicker, he's getting, well, with the ball, he always, he's been good with the ball.

02:40It's like hitting the ball, he had no problems with that.

02:44The thing is that last year, because of his age or maybe he was not strong enough,

02:50he was a little slower and now he's getting quicker because he can get the horses quicker to everywhere.

02:57He teaches me a lot of the stuff of horses, the relationship with the brooms.

03:06To me it's not difficult because I know all the horses.

03:12I want to improve the anticipation, try to be intelligent in that moment.

03:20And that to improve as a player, to be more fast.

03:29That I like to play new horses, to start pushing to play polo, do new horses.

03:43It's really fun.

03:45So do you want to be a professional like your dad one day?

03:47Yeah, I want to be a professional player and also try to study something in Argentina to have a plan B.

04:00Come here to the summer and play polo is, I really like.

04:05I know that I want to do something in relation with the farm, with the horses.

04:13If I don't do this, I will study something in relation with the farm.

04:19The thing is that he came when he was born, now everybody knows him.

04:32And I don't know, it's like because we spend a lot of time here, everybody knows us.

04:41And when everybody knows you and you have a good relation with everyone, you can get more opportunities.

04:52We always have a good relation and the last year I stayed 15 days more without my family.

05:04And that living alone with him, that improved our relation.

05:14Now we know a lot of each other on the field, yeah, yeah.

05:20And it's amazing in that age how they can improve, no?

05:25Game by game.

05:28It's amazing.

05:29We share every day together.

05:32We ride a lot together.

05:34We play a lot together.

05:37I never try to push him to play polo because I think he has to choose whatever makes him happy.

05:47But for me, it's the biggest gift because it's not only that you come here and play polo.

05:55You have to get the horses ready.

05:57And to get the horses ready, you have to spend a lot of time on the barn, on the horses, with the grooms.

06:02It's like a lot of work.

06:05And we do it together.

06:06So for me, it's the biggest gift that life is giving me.

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