The amazons of lady's polo

If women already used to play polo in China under the Tang dinasty (IIIrd century), the high goals competitions specialy dedicated to them have been developped less than 10 years ago.

Your Polo Program of January 23rd-30th

France

Creation of The Euromed Polo Team

In Marseille, south of France, the students of Euromed Management School  created a remarkable project. They decided to create a universitarian polo team including  scholarship students who could not have had the possibility to play polo without EUROMED POLO TEAM.

your polo program of January 16th-23rd

USA

Thailand

Thai Polo & Equestrian Club Pataya : BMW- B Grimm Thai Polo Open

January 11th-21st

9 teams 12-14 goals

Alejandro Moy: Potentate of Argentine Polo Painters

Given that Argentina reigns supreme in the global polo community, it should come as no surprise that it boasts artists who excel in celebrating the sport of princes. Only one, however, has become a household name in the polo world, and not only on home turf, but worldwide.

For the Harriott Brothers, the Past is Another Country

Those of us in love with the English language, among whom I count myself, are indebted to English author L.P. Hartley for the celebrated opening sentence of his 1953 novel, The Go-Between: "The past is another country; they do things differently there,"

Hartley's aphorism came to mind as I read an interview with Juan Carlos Harriot in the Yearbook of the Argentine Polo Pony Breeders Association, founded 27 years ago to promote the breed, Polo Argentino, now bred by some 600 registered studs.

Estancia Los Potreros: A Field for Grazing for Horses

Picture for a moment an Argentine estancia (in American parlance, ranch), spanning 6,500 acres, in altitude varying between 3,000 and 4,000 feet above sea level, nestled in the Sierra Chicas of the pre-Andean Cordillera, the foothills of the Andes.

Javier Tanoira: Reflections on Argentine Polo

Javier Tanoira's Reflections on Argentine Polo, published last June, brings to mind the 18th century English poet Alexander Pope for his immortal line, What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed.

Reflections is a critique of the malaise which now afflicts polo at its peak, the high-goal Argentine game, coupled with a truckload of proposals to change the rules (or return to existing rules, since abandoned, as played before patron polo took hold) to recover the magic which Tanoira insists the game has lost.

Polo Equipment

1.HELMET Hard surface internally padded to protect players head. May have face guard.

2.SHIRT Polo Shirt
3.NUMBER To identify players and position in the team CASQUE Surface extérieure rigide, rembourré à l’intérieur, protège la tête des joueurs.

Polo Glossary

Words you need to know

http://www.fippolo.com/polo-basics/glossary.html

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The International Rules for Polo/Tournament Procedures

A.1 TEAMS AND PLAYERS

(a) The number of players is limited to 4 a side in all games.
(b) Players must be qualified to play under the Regulations and Rules of the host country of the event.
(c) Players shall play with the stick in the right hand.
(d) No individual shall participate as a player or official in any game, if under the influence of drugs, alcohol or ...

Polo History, Ancient Origins By Chris Ashton

The hill tribes of northern India, who bequeathed polo to their British rulers, were the custodians of a sport which had been played at least 2,500 years before at the court of the Persian Emperor Darius 1 (550-486 B.C.). (…)

In succeeding centuries, as armies ranged back and forth in retreat and conquest across the continent, polo was adopted by cavalries as a training exercise for mounted warfare, and by kings and emperors, shahs and sultans, khans and caliphs as a court pleasure.