At the age of sixteen Dan was the youngest in the country to hold a private pilot's license as a hot air balloonist. Dan was also a US Olympic finalist in the luge event before a back injury forced him to take up safer sports - such as rock climbing, scuba diving and hang gliding(!)

Dan started playing polo in 1988 at the Myopia Hunt Club. In 1990 he founded Glen Farm Polo Productions and restored the abandoned Glen Farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He revived polo on Aquidneck Island by creating the Newport International Polo Series, reconstituting the Westchester Polo Club and helping to found the Naval War College Polo Club and Newport Women's Polo Association. The Newport Polo Club has hosted teams from Ireland, France, Canada, Portugal, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Ghana, Chile, Argentina, Spain, England and Italy.

Each year the Newport International Polo Series holds a benefit match for the Newport Rotary Club. Over the past eight years, more than $100,000 has been raised for scholarships for area students and charitable causes such as the defibrillator units purchased for Aquidneck Island EMT vehicles.

Dan's outstanding horsemanship, relaxed style, intimate knowledge of the game and a natural talent for demonstrating aspects of polo make him an excellent tutor. Dan also has an uncanny knack for spotting small detail at high speed that allows him to coach effectively - be it the beginner - or experienced player. Dan strongly believes in making polo available to as large a cross section of the community as possible and has pioneered innovative youth, women's and co-ed polo programs.

To book lessons with Dan - review the calendar and then contact him at the Club