Wellington’s 40th Street Renamed after Carlos Gracida

The Wellington Village Council unanimously approved a request last week to rename 40th Street South as Gracida Way in honor of the late Carlos Gracida, who died following a polo accident in February.

Equestrian activist Victoria McCullough, who lives on 40th Street South, made the request.

“The reason I would like that, and I think the community would also, is that one of the greatest polo players in the United States and in the history of the sport had a premature death, as we’re all aware of,” she said. “His farm was on 40th Street along with his brother, Memo Gracida.”

She pointed out that the community has other streets named after famous horses and equestrians, such as Gene Mische Way.

“We have to do something special for Carlos Gracida’s departure because there’s just no one like him,” McCullough said. “I learned to play at those fields, and those farms have been in existence for so many years, and there are very few residents, four of us, on 40th Street presently. There’s no objection. Everyone has told me they would be thrilled. It’s where his farm and his brother’s farm were for 30 years, and it is still to all of us where Carlos lived and where his parties and functions were.”

McCullough felt it would be a small but important gesture to rename the street Gracida Way.

“It would be really tremendous if the council would consider allowing the renaming of 40th Street to Gracida Way,” she said.

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