Bryce Gill

Born in the horse country of southern Indiana, Bryce is a lifelong horseman. If there’s a way to have fun on a horse, Bryce has probably tried it.  His passion for horses would lead him to Culver Military Academy, where he spent four years as a member of the last complete cavalry unit in the United States, the Black Horse Troop. During this time he served as a Captain of the Black Horse Troop, Commander of the Lancer Platoon, varsity captain in both polo and Rough Riding, and held a position of honor riding in the 2001 Presidential Inaugural Parade.  His graduation presented him with honors in Equine Science; the James F. Bleakley Award for highest honored cavalry member; the Colonel Charles Maull Jr. Award for excellence in polo; MVP for his participation in polo in 2000. He then earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Oklahoma, the first and only athletic scholarship awarded at OU for an equine sport, where he served as the captain and coach of men's Oklahoma Polo and Riding Club and the coach of the women's team. 

Bryce began his professional equestrian career as an instructor at the Culver Academies, teaching basic to advanced equitation, polo, polocrosse, vaulting, jumping, cross-country, and military formations/drills.  Entering the world of professional polo, Bryce groomed and trained polo horses for Will Orthwein (2 goal) in Saratoga Springs, NY, worked under Ted Moore (4 goal) at Broad Acres Polo Club, Norman, OK, and trained former race horses for polo for Dale Smicklas (retired 8 goal) in Norman, OK.  Bryce then moved to Bluffton, South Carolina to become Director of Operations and Co-Founder of Low Country Arena Polo, LLC.

He was married under a four hundred year old oak tree on the grounds of the Rose Dhu Creek Equestrian Center, the new home of the LCAP. Bryce would then oversee all club and stable operations, including scheduling and instruction of equitation/polo lessons, public boarding, trail rides, fundraisers, and polo games/scrimmages. He provided twenty-four hour supervision for all of the horses, maintained grounds and equipment, feed and medication distribution, pasture turnout, and regulation of public boarders. Bryce and his wife, Megan, moved to Louisville in the winter of 2009, where his natural connection to horses would lead him to the Louisville Equestrian Center and become the newest member of Betsy’s staff.

Bryce is currently LEC's Program Manager, polo instructor, and coach of the University of Louisville Polo Club.