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Clive with some of the players who have worn an AFB
shirt, plus a few of the many trophies he has won
“During the winter months I have eight
ponies in work; I usually have about 20
horses at the farm in the summer and I
will keep about 12 in work. Six will be for
me and six for my polo manager Chino
[Leiva] for when we play practices. Pete
also keeps his horses there too.
“I love choosing horses and have just
bought a lovely new horse in Argentina.
We saw Antony [Fanshawe] at Bauti
Heguy’s place and he said ‘pop on this
horse it might suit you!’ I pretty much
bought it there and then. I didn’t need a
horse but he is lovely. I always buy and sell
from the bottom and this year I think I
have one of my strongest strings ever.
Clive’s team has always been called AFB,
named after the family licensing business,
Alfred Franks & Bartlett, based in north
London, of which Clive is now Managing
Director. He recalls those early days of
playing lots of clubs – Ham, Kirtlington,
Hurtwood, etc – with affection. “Every
weekend we would play lots of different
competitions at the smaller clubs.
Cowdray Park was a bit too far and didn’t
Receiving a prize from HRH Princess Haya at the 10th Anniversary edition of the
Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge. Looking on are Ali and Tariq Albwardy
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