Yesterday, Prince Harry was in Connecticut for a charity polo match which raised money for his Sentebale Foundation. Harry got to hang out with Nacho Figueras, Stephanie Seymour, Gayle King and Olivia Palermo. He got a kiss from Karolina Kurkova at the end because his team won, of course. I know this is completely dumb of me, but what’s the purpose of leg warmers for horses? Obviously, I know nothing about horses or polo, but why are the horses accessorized? Anyway, Harry’s horse is beautiful.
Prince Harry’s charity polo match in Greenwich, Conn., was the closest the legendary party prince came to Champagne and models during his stint in the States. A crowd of 400 was short on celebs, but filled with catwalkers past and present including Stephanie Seymour, Karolina Kurkova, Jessica Stam and Hana Soukupová. Despite female fans clamoring to get to His Highness, Harry kept his mind on the match.
“He was quite strapping,” swooned one female guest at the match and a luncheon where he appeared. “You can feel his physicality! All the big bankers, real-estate titans and masters-of-the-universe got just as weak-kneed and unctuous as their female partners around him. Harry was so gracious and patient with everyone.”
Spotted at the match were Owen Wilson, Gayle King and socialites Olivia Palermo and Amanda Hearst.
The night before, Harry drew admiring glances at a Friends of the Royal Foundation Four Seasons Restaurant reception from ladies including Miss USA Nana Meriwether. But the royal hung close with new pals Will.i.am and Yankee Mark Teixeira. The Black Eyed Peas singer sat at Harry’s table of 12. Teixeira had played baseball in Harlem with Harry Tuesday afternoon.
As the prince left the event, a small group of women lined up, but we’re told he instead stopped to take a photo with a WWII veteran in a wheelchair. UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who stayed briefly, and Beau Biden were also there. Guests dined on heirloom tomato and mozzarella salads, filet mignon and pink cotton candy. We’re told security was so tight, all guests — even Police Commissioner Ray Kelly — had to present ID before walking into the dinner.
Cotton candy? Good God. If Prince Harry is coming for dinner, do you really want to serve him COTTON CANDY?! Thankfully, at the polo match dinner, the food sounded so much better – they got to eat “mini lobster rolls and crabcakes, followed by filet of beef with a spring vegetable salad or gnocchi with corn, mushrooms and English peas. Dessert was vanilla creme brule and mixed berry trifle.” Much better than cotton candy.
After the polo game, Harry made a little speech thanking Americans for his warm reception throughout the week, saying: “This is the last day of my tour around the United States. Thank you for a wonderful week. I have witnessed the extraordinary generosity of the people of this great nation.” God, I SO wish he would date an American girl. He doesn’t have to marry her, but I just think it would be cool if he dated an American just once. Somebody send Kate Upton to him.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Wow that horse is almost a pony! I always thought polo horses are bigger… and the horse ‘legwarmers’ are more like ace bandages.
Horses ridden in polo are always very small. Hence the term “polo ponies”.
Aaaaand now, as somebody who rides, I feel very stupid for not making the connection 🙂
They are like ACE bandages. Protects the leg and keeps it from injuries and strain. Beautiful horse!
Anna, In addition, polo ponies are small because a smaller horse has a lower center of gravity and can change direction and pivot more easily. More maneuverable. Thus, good for polo.
I would climb that like a tree.
All I got from this story is that the one man’s name is Nacho. LOL 😛
+ 😉
Always hot, always hit-able.. it’s never a question.
Are those knee braces below the boots? what are those? That’s a beautiful horse.
knee protection for the riders. Polo is quite physical. Horses bump each other, and riders use wooden (?) bats that look like big golf clubs to hit the ball. It would really hurt to get cracked in the leg… especially the knee, which isn’t protected by the riing boots.
thank you
The “leg warmers” are wraps that protect the horses’ legs from polo sticks, balls, hooves, and to some degree reduce strain from sudden changes in direction. 🙂
Thanks for the info! I always wondered about that too
Who is that hottie polo player next to Harry? *drool*
I know! 🙂
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You mean Nacho Figueras? You might recognize him from the ads he does for Ralph Lauren/Polo. He’s perty.
He’s a Ralph Lauren model.
I obviously don’t get out enough.
Go on You Tube to catch Nacho’s Ralph Lauren commericals…he is to die for.
They’re called mallets or sticks on polo not bats.
I saw some video of him riding in Conn. It WAS hot. He’s very fluid- it’s sexy.
COTTON CANDY! I would have been more excited about that than to see Harry. Cotton candy is the best!
You can have both. Harry IS cotton candy.
I love him. He has a great personality that comes across especially when with the less fortunate. I feel like his ginger hair is getting less thick. Boo hoo. I like that is sets him apart from his dad and brother….
An American girl would be terrible! Not only is Upton on her last 5 of her 15, but an American girl would either be a Princess Grace or a Wallis-Simpson. A movie star or an average woman and she would either be universally accepted or bring out the petty nature of the aristos and wannabe aristos.
And Upton is a pretty girl and has a future in fuller figure modeling, but she’s built too boxy for me to want to buy the clothes she wears.
Connecticut is so beautiuful. Of course that is where he was. Class and money.. love it.
Tia
Parts of Connecticut are really beautiful, but a block or 2 over from those stunning areas you hit a terrible poverty area. The level of crime is fast growing and taxes are skyrocketing slowly leaving either the very rich or the very poor. For example Elizabeth park is gorgeous and massive, but some urban youths a few blocks over decided they would strip the oldest tree there of bark and carve into it a few years back.
Can confirm this, I live in CT. Those who don’t live near Greenwich don’t consider it CT anyways ;P lol
Sara and fellow CT dweller,
I hate Greenwich. They made a whole town a gated community. Parts of Fairfield tried to do the same. Even the gas stations are so ritzy! A little over 50% of estates (not homes. Homes are for the plebs) in Greenwich are in the foreclosure process or only inhabited seasonally and rented out. They try to keep up appearances, but the town is going in the red since the market crash.
The “leg warmers” aren’t ACE bandages you would use on a human. They’re specially made from thick fleece and elastic.
You place a foam pad around the horse’s leg and then wrap the bandage around for protection. They have to be sewn into place, and it’s time consuming.
I play Polocrosse, and we use wrap around boots/bell boots because they’re easier to manage and re-adjustable. The straps still need to be sewn however.
It’s so important because Polo/Polocrosse can be rough. My horse often comes away with nicks from her legs from other horseshoes, mallets, etc.
Harry and Nacho together is always a good thing.
i wonder if the queen told him off before he made the trip. cause he behaved perfectly
also love the thought of that little old lady chastising him and telling him to keep it in his pants
I don’t know where this came from because when on job wether it’s military or royal duties he if always at top of his game. It’s his personal down time when he gets into trouble.
In the UK now he is considered to be far more suitable to be King than his brother and lazy wife. He so doesn’t have the Mids behind him pulling the strings. http://www.bayoubuzz.com/top-stories/item/459999-kate-and-her-middle-class-middletons-do-romp-royaly
Harry plays hard, but when it’s time to work he’s all business. He may have been eyeing some of the girls, but he would still respect his duties.
This image of a hard partying prince is made from taking his partying behavior out of context, magnified 100x’s and then leaving out his incredibly busy work schedule in the military and as a royal.
I know Harry works hard. He does a fantastic job and is much more dedicated than Will and Kate. I think he makes the royals as a whole a lot more likable.
I find his antics amusing, not in poor taste. I can just only imagine how they go over with the rest of the fam. Not ideal to have him partying naked in Vegas.
I hope he never changes though. He should be able to chill when off duty. Plus he’s good for a laugh
Isn’t that Charlotte Casiraghi in the first pic?
Not that is Delfina Blaquier, who is Nacho Figueras wife.
I have impure thoughts of both the Prince and Nacho 🙂 Kind of a strange guest list…Owen Wilsn/Gayle King…I thought the guy in the third photo was Charlie Sheen. And , right, WTF is up with cotton candy…strange pick but maybe they wanted a fair-type atmosphere. Bye, Prince Harry..come back soon!!!
The “leg warmers” are bandages that protect the legs from injury.
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…Or send Amanda Hearst up on him. That girl is stunning!