About Stormie
Raised in the horse industry,
Stormie spent her youth on the backs of ponies and horses, competing in her first horse show at two-years old.
At the age of nine,
she was getting special permission to enter the Jr. training level in three-day events, while simultaneously competing in dressage and h/j.
As a teenager,
Stormie qualified in dressage through 2nd level and qualified for the junior Olympics in three-day eventing.
At the same time,
she was playing polo nationwide with her mother, American polo pioneer Sue Sally Hale.
At 20 years old,
she had attained a two-goal outdoor (mixed) rating in polo, the highest rating for women at the time.
Stormie began
teaching a group of her own riding students at the age of 21.
By the time
she was 23, she was managing the family farm and polo club and playing mixed and women's polo professionally.
With a focus on polo
Stormie spent the next 15 years competing in polo tournaments for clients and with and against her mother Sue Sally and her sister Sunny.
Among many other
tournament victories, Stormie was a member of the winning Empire Polo team in the historic 1st USPA US Women's Open Polo Championship .
Stormie was
the Head Polo Coach for the University of Southern California's Men's and Women's polo teams. A job she excelled at for more than seven years.
After teaching polo
lessons and coaching polo teams for many years, Stormie was honored by the Robb Report as one of the top polo clinicians in the world.
Stormie took
some time away from polo to raise her two daughters, Victoria and Elizabeth with her husband Mike.
Stepping back into
the equestrian world, she brought along a successful group of A-level hunter/jumper students at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center.
In addition to teaching,
Stormie took a job with the newly formed Women's Championship Tournament (WCT) and working as the Director of Operations, helped it grow into the largest women's polo league in the world.
She worked
as the Director of Operations alongside Sunny Hale for six years to bring the American Polo Horse Association into existence.
In 2019
Stormie wrote a book about her mother's incredible life, Polo's Grande Dame - The Life & Times of American Polo Pioneer Sue Sally Hale. It is now an Amazon Best Seller.
