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In 1980, businessman Peter M. Brant purchased Conyers Farm for $18 million. At the time, it represented one of the largest plots of undeveloped land near a large city. A devoted polo player, Brant said that he hoped to develop a community of people who were polo enthusiasts. The land at Conyers Farm was sold in lots of at least 10 acres (4.0 ha ...
Greenwich Polo Club is a polo club and event venue in Greenwich, Connecticut that was established in 1981. It is one of only three polo venues in the United States offering high-goal polo (20 goals or above). The club hosts high goal polo matches throughout the summer, tournaments typically beginning in June and concluding in September.
Converse moved to Greenwich, Connecticut, several years later, buying 20 farms and consolidating them into the 1,489-acre (603 ha) Conyers Farm, which he named after the Old English spelling of his family name. [3] [4] In addition to cows, pigs and poultry, the farm had apple, pear and peach orchards; butter, eggs and milk were produced there. [5]
His father, Harry Payne Whitney, had been an avid polo player and thoroughbred racehorse owner, and C.V. Whitney followed in his footsteps, winning the U.S. Open polo title three times. Since 1979, the Greenwich Polo Club at Conyers Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut, has awarded the C.V. Whitney Cup to the winner of an annual polo tournament.
For the third year in a row, the head chef and farmer of this fellow farm-restaurant-hotel hybrid will be popping up at Blue Sky with a culinary experience that pairs a 14-seat, 12-course omakase ...
It is located in Conyers Farm, a gated community in Greenwich, Connecticut, not far from the Greenwich Polo Club. [2] References This ...
Tommy Lee Jones' Polo Farm in Wellington, Fla., for Sale for $26.75 Million. Zillow. Updated July 14, 2016 at 6:48 PM. Tommy Lee Jones polo farm in Florida. By Erika Riggs
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