Stormie Hale
About Stormie
Raised in the horse industry,
Raised in the horse industry,
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.
By the age of nine,
Raised in the horse industry,
Raised in the horse industry,
she was getting special permission to enter the Jr. Training level in three-day events, while simultaneously competing in dressage and hunter/jumpers.
As a teenager,
Raised in the horse industry,
At the same time,
Stormie qualified in dressage through 2nd level and qualified for the junior Olympics in three-day eventing.
At the same time,
At the same time,
At the same time,
she was playing polo nationwide with her mother, American polo pioneer
At 20 years old,
At the same time,
At 20 years old,
Stormie had attained a two-goal outdoor (mixed) rating in polo, the highest rating for women at the time.
Stormie began
At the same time,
At 20 years old,
teaching a group of her own riding students at the age of 21.
By the time
With a focus on polo
With a focus on polo
she was 23, Stormie was managing the family farm and polo club and playing mixed and women's polo professionally.
With a focus on polo
With a focus on polo
With a focus on polo
she 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
With a focus on polo
Among many other
tournament victories, she was a member of the winning Empire Polo team in the historic 1st USPA US Women's Open Polo Championship .
Stormie then
After teaching polo
Among many other
became 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
After teaching polo
After teaching polo
lessons and coaching polo teams for many years, she was honored by the Robb Report as one of the top polo clinicians in the world.
Stormie took
After teaching polo
After teaching polo
some time away from polo to raise her two daughters, Victoria and Elizabeth with her husband Mike.
Stepping back into
In addition to teaching,
In addition to teaching,
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,
In addition to teaching,
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.
Alongside
In addition to teaching,
Alongside
the WCT, for more than six years, as its Director of Operations, she worked to bring the American Polo Horse Association into existence.
In 2019
Alongside
In 2019
In 2019
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.
In 2019
In 2019