ANOTHER QUEEN HAS PASSED AWAY: SUSAN STOVAL.

Other than Sue Sally Hale and her late daughter Sunny Hale, Susan may have been just as big in this world. She was Alex Jacoy’s right hand man/lady at El Dorado Polo for over 2 decades, and ran the biggest Polo Club in the USA. She also played polo back in the days when that was not cool according to many, but she did it like Sue Sal ANYWAY and they both did it well. Susan reached a 2 goal handicap back in the 80’s and early 90’s. Susan always said she was a legal Native American from Washington State and may have been. She was the daughter of Harry Kent, also a player back when, and usually spent the summers playing in northeast Washington and the winters in Mexico.

After El Dorado, she went to Polo Paradise, Costa Careyes, and ran it until now with Gigiro. (This is heaven for weather in the Winter and an amazing place-no dust, flies, or traffic). Still a few Patrons, but a lot less than the 50 at EDPC in the good old days when Alex would say “talk to Susan about your complaints.”
She was an amazing politician. I rarely heard when she did not settle a problem with the schedule or a Patron complaints in my 20 + years of being there. She will be missed from the Polo world without a doubt, but she won’t be forgotten.

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  1. Great tribute to an incredible person Steve. She was absolutely a standout in the game of polo. Wonderful heart, huge engine. Kept us all in line and still made us feel like family while doing so. God Bless you Susan, was a gift to have known you.

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