Based in Buenos Aires & Amsterdam · Available worldwide
3-goal Argentine professional with over 20 years in the game. Available worldwide for tournaments, private coaching, clinics and full polo club management.
The Argentine difference
5–10×
Faster progression
The same hours. A fraction of the years.
Polo is learned from the horse up. Trained on Argentine-schooled ponies and taught by an Argentine professional, players reach in months what commonly takes years elsewhere — because nothing is learned twice, and nothing has to be unlearned later.
Mariano teaches the technique of the game as it is played at the highest level: the polo that culminates every season at the Palermo Open in Buenos Aires, widely regarded as the finest tournament in the world. Position, timing, the line of the ball and the ride itself are taught exactly the way they are played at the top.
The result is a shorter, cleaner path — correct habits from the very first lesson, horses that teach you rather than fight you, and a standard of play you can take to any club, anywhere.
No bad habits to undo later — the technique is correct from the first swing.
Argentine-schooled ponies that build confidence instead of costing you months.
The same method behind the game played at the world's most demanding tournament.
Almost 40 players taken from −2 to +2 goals under a structured AAP programme.
What I do
Whether you have never held a mallet or you are putting a team together for the season, there is a starting point here.
For players
Structured coaching built on the official AAP syllabus — from a first lesson on a wooden horse to match-ready tactics. For adults, juniors, patrons and complete beginners.
For patrons & teams
Available as a hired professional for low and medium goal tournaments, club chukkas and full seasons. Over two decades of competitive play, including finals at Palermo.
For owners
Making young horses, bringing made ponies to peak performance, equine recovery and complete conditioning routines to international standards.
For clubs & organisations
Building polo operations from the ground up — most recently establishing professional polo in Namibia, from importing horses to constructing a full-size field.
The player
Mariano Mazzitelli is an Argentine 3-goal professional who has spent his entire life in polo — from the equestrian school at La Martona at eight years old, through advanced development at La Martina under Marcial Socas, Salvador Socas and Eduardo Amaya, to official AAP tournaments including the Copa Potrillos and Bartolomé Mitre.
What sets him apart is range. He plays, he teaches, he makes horses, and he builds clubs. He has introduced almost forty players to the sport and taken them from −2 up to +2 goals. He co-coached the Poland Ladies' National Polo Team and reached the finals at Palermo with the Buksza team. Most recently he established professional polo in Namibia from nothing — importing horses from Argentina, building a full-size field, and training local grooms and players from their very first day.
He is known for his horsemanship above all: patient with young horses, meticulous about conditioning, and equally comfortable explaining a tactical line to a patron or a first neck shot to a child.
Polo gives you everything — the horse, the team, the game. My job is to hand that over to someone else properly.
Selected achievements
Career
From the equestrian school at La Martona to building a polo club in the Namibian highlands.
2023 – 2026
Maranatha Polo Organisation — “La Muela”
Windhoek, Namibia
Established polo in Namibia from zero. Imported and acclimatised horses from Argentina, built a professional field and full supporting facilities, trained Namibian grooms and ground staff, and taught six beginner players from their first lesson. Introduced international-standard training and feeding routines.
2022 – 2023
Buksza Polo & Racing Club
Warsaw, Poland
Co-coached the Poland Ladies' National Polo Team (2023) and coached the Buksza team at Silesia Polo Club. Played for Buksza in two Argentine tournaments, reaching the finals at Palermo. Trained made ponies and young horses alongside club management duties.
2022 – 2023
Puesto Viejo, Cañuelas / Mar del Plata Polo Club
Argentina
Argentine season — coaching, horse training and competitive play.
2020 – 2021
La Pintada Polo Club, Las Heras
Argentina
Club management combined with tournament play.
2019
Independent
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Competed in low-goal tournaments nationwide.
2018
Sierra de los Padres Polo Team
Argentina
Club manager: Dr. José Ramos.
2017
Mar del Plata Polo Club
Argentina
Private coaching and low-handicap refereeing.
2015
El Metejón, Vicente Casares
Argentina
Returned to full training and competition after an eighteen-month recovery from a motor-vehicle accident.
2014
IPONA, Brandsen
Argentina
Coaching patrons, children and mixed polo.
2012 – 2013
Cartagenova Private Polo Farm, La Plata
Argentina
Private programme for the Cartagenova family.
2011
Haras del Sur II, La Plata
Argentina
Winner of the 2011 South Polo Circuit Championship and the Norfin Cup. Owner: J. Ignacio Freccero.
2003 – 2010
Las Acacias · El Chaparral · Rancho Taxco · Santa Isabel · Las Codornices · La Enriqueta
Argentina
Eight seasons across Argentine clubs as a hired professional, horse-conditioning specialist, beginner instructor and low-handicap referee.
1994 – 2002
La Martona Country Club · El Metejón · La Martina
Vicente Casares, Argentina
Formal equestrian school under Prof. Carlos Torales and polo school under Profs. María and Santiago Chavanne, followed by advanced development at La Martina and official AAP tournaments.
Credentials
Coaching backed by the governing body of the sport's spiritual home — not just experience, but an accredited method.
December 2021
AAP Polo University · Argentine Polo Association
Completed the official AAP instructors' course and presented a full teaching and training programme for beginners consistent with the AAP syllabus.
September – October 2021
AAP Polo University · Argentine Polo Association
Attended and passed the official Argentine Polo Association course for polo club managers.
Current
Argentine Polo Association (AAP)
Official Argentine handicap — the most competitive rating system in world polo.
October 2021
“Polo Seguro” programme · AAP Pilar with Omint
Certified in basic CPR through the Argentine Polo Association safety programme.
Mariano is a very dedicated and competent coach for both beginners and intermediate players. He is highly capable of explaining both technical and tactical aspects of the game of polo. He is also a true horse lover, taking professional care of the wellbeing and training of polo ponies.
Grzegorz Zawada
Buksza Polo and Racing Club, Poland
Letter of recommendation, Warsaw, September 2023
With full confidence I can recommend Mariano as a polo coach who helps his students fully embrace the beauty of the Game of Kings.
Grzegorz Zawada
Buksza Polo and Racing Club, Poland
Letter of recommendation, Warsaw, September 2023
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Get in touch
Lessons, clinics, a tournament, a full season, or a club that needs building from the ground up — tell me what you have in mind.
Based in Buenos Aires — Amsterdam · Travelling worldwide · Spanish & English