Shelley Onderdonk was born and raised in San Mateo,
California. She is a graduate of Yale (BA,89) and University of Georgia (DVM
,97), and has continued her medical education through the International
Veterinary Acupuncture Society and The Chi Institute. Shelley's integrative
veterinary practice, active since 1998, incorporates the best of Western
medicine, acupuncture, manual therapy, equine sport science, and rehabilitation
for the benefit of her patients. She is an avid environmentalist, rider, writer,
and yogini.Adam Snow played polo professionally for 34 years, achieving
the highest rating of 10 goals in 2003. Career highlights include winning two
US Open titles, competing in the Argentine Open in 1998 and 2004, winning many
Best Playing Pony prizes for his horses, and twice being named Player of the
Year. He was inducted into the Polo Hall of Fame in 2014. Retired from
tournament polo, he now gives back to the sport via coaching, mentoring,
writing, as well as announcing polo games for television. Adam grew up in
Hamilton, Massachusetts, and received a BA from Yale, where he also played ice
hockey and lacrosse.
Shelley and Adam met in college and were married in 1989.
They have made Aiken, South Carolina, their home base ever since they first bought
24 acres of farmland there in 1992. They are devoted parents to three sons and
partners in making their New Haven Farm an idyll for animals and humans alike.
Winning with Horses is their second co-authored book; the first, Polo Life:
Horses, Sport, 10 & Zen, was published in 2016.