This year they entered the tournament as the team to beat, and walked away as two-time champions.
The team consists of students from some of the city's toughest neighborhoods. That didn't stop them from defeating their better-funded opponents including Ivy League schools like Harvard.
"When you have nothing you want to have something. You want to win and you want to do better," said Brandon Rease.
The Work To Ride Program was created back in 1994 to help keep kids off the streets and expose them to the possibilities of what can be if they stay focused on a goal.
"They're just a little more driven maybe than other kids because they know they're always the underdogs," said Lezlie Hiner, founder of Cowtown/Work to Ride.
The program teaches inner city kids to ride horses at no cost. In order to participate, they must make good grades and do barn chores at Chamounix Stables in Fairmount Park.
Last weekend they won the USPA National Interscholastic Championship in Charlottesville, Virginia, beating a team from Palm Springs.
Some of their opponents were children of professional polo players.
When asked what sport he pictured himself playing one Kenshaun Walker replied, "I thought I would be playing basketball or football."
Polo is a sport, with about 80 percent women and 20 percent men.
"There's even fewer black young men, it's a pretty rare occurrence," said Hiner.
They all hope to play on a professional level but they know it won't be easy.
"It's hard for a lot of people to make it professionally if you don't come from a family that either has polo or you come from money," said Julia Smith.
