John Gobin

John S. Gobin is an American four-goal polo player.

Early life

John S. Gobin grew up in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He began playing arena polo in interscholastic competitions at the age of fifteen. 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.

He won the Westchester Cup alongside Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart and Robert E. Walton at the Guards Polo Club in England in 1992. He won the Camacho Cup on the American team against Mexico in 2009. He has competed on the Team USA against Argentina. He has also played on the Duck Hill Polo Team at the Aiken Polo Club in Aiken, South Carolina. He has also won the U.S. Arena Championships four times.

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, Kathleen, is an equine veterinarian. They have a daughter.