John S. Gobin is an American six-goal polo player. He won the Westchester Cup in 1992, and has managed the Great Meadow Polo Club in Virginia since 2007.
Early life John S. Gobin grew up in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.Kristen Armstrong, Polo Changed His Life, and Now Gobin Works Hard to Give Back, Sun Gazette, July 9, 2007 He began playing arena polo in interscholastic competitions at the age of fifteen.Kristen Obadal, Horse Country: Captain Polo, Washington Life Magazine, 22 November 2011Gobin to manage Great Meadow Polo , Fairfax Times, April 4, 2007 From the age of seventeen to nineteen, he trained to become a polo player in Argentina.
Polo He began his career by playing with polo patron Geoffrey Kent, the founder of Abercrombie & Kent. He then played on the Budweiser Polo Team. He is now a six-goal polo player.Horace A. Laffaye, The Polo Encyclopedia, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2004, pp. 139-140
He won the Westchester Cup alongside Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart and Robert E. Walton at the Guards Polo Club in England in 1992.Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in Britain: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 212, p. 301Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011, p. 255Horace A. Laffaye, The Evolution of Polo, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2009, p. 184 He won the Camacho Cup on the American team against Mexico in 2009.Betsy Burke Parker, Great Meadow polo manager goes global , Loudoun Times-Mirror He has competed on several USA Teams including for the International Polo Tour global polo matches and Team USA against Argentina. He has also played on the Duck Hill Polo Team at the Aiken Polo Club in Aiken, South Carolina.Dede Biles, Gobin: Polo in Aiken more competitive this year , Aiken Standard, October 31, 2014 He has also won the U.S. Arena Championships four times and competed on the United States Polo Team against Italy in the America's Polo Cup winning the world cup in 2011. Today he plays on the IPT TEAM USA sponsored by Celebrity Cruises & Hotels at Sea global polo programs.Out On the Townsend: America downs England in historic challenge, Polo Players' Edition
He has been the manager of the Great Meadow Polo Club in The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia since 2007.
Personal life He winters in Wellington, Florida, and summers in The Plains, Virginia. He also owns the Four Oaks Farm in Aiken, South Carolina. His wife is an equine veterinarian. They have a daughter.
In March 2024, Gobin was accused by several women of having committed sexual harassment and misconduct when they were teenagers. He counter-sued one of the women and his former business partner in May 2024. Since June 6, 2024, he is the subject of two arrest warrants in Virginia for the misdemeanor of consensual sex with minors.
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