Horse sense

By Adam Tschorn

Aug. 9, 2009 12 AM PT

The thrills at last Sunday’s Veuve Clicquot Robert Skene Trophy Finals at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club were hardly confined to the field of play, with the well-heeled and behatted bystanders taking the opportunity to strut their stuff, toss back some uncommon bubbly (including a rare vintage Veuve Clicquot 1988) and engage in some spirited divot stomping between chukkers.

The first match may have ended in a 9-8 victory for Team Lucchese, but the day was clearly an all-around win for Santa Barbara’s stylish set.

-- Adam Tschorn

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Adam Tschorn

Senior features writer Adam Tschorn is a former small-town newspaper editor, game-show question-and-answer man and fashion scribe who joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007. He currently covers a wide range of pop-culture topics with a focus on cannabis culture. Holding a B.A. in philosophy and an M.A. in journalism, he feels perfectly suited to looking at things, asking “why?” and writing down the answers.

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