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The saddle that we see on the beautiful POLO & Chateaux poster, the Medoc Polo Club tournament, is the one which is used by the world’s leading polo players in the Triple Crown Argentina. It is manufactured by the best
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Polo was first introduced in Malta in 1868 by the British Army Officers, who stationed in Malta on their way to or coming back from India. The Cavalry regiments together with the officers of the Mediterranean fleet of the Royal
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The very first Polo “Dream Team”, with 40-goal handicap, was made of Michael Phipps, Cecil Smith, Tommy Hitchcock Jr., and Stewart Iglehart. We are in 1939, and it is the British team, which is supposed to rivalized
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A great Polo Club has existed in Cannes in time. The year 1908 celebrates the official opening of the club in style. It was then called the Polo Club of the Riviera. Many curious and passionate came to the inauguration of the
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At the beginning of the century, Polo was played only 3 months in the year, so there were 10 months of offseason. British players had to go to Egypt in order to play their favorite sport. Three French polo players had the idea to
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Winston Churchill said : “A Polo handicap is your passeport to the world”. His shoulder would regularly dislocate, that’s why he strapped his arm to his side to play polo.
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As the horse is breathing only through his nose, he can’t breathe through the mouth, nostrils must be perfectly cleaned and opened. Men took advantage of this feature to develop a system of disreputable conduct with a
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On August 1st, horses from the Southern Hemisphere celebrate their birthday; it is celebrated on January 1st in the Northern Hemisphere.
Originally, it only applied to race horses because horses are categorized according to
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During a polo tournament, if a polo player comes to the award ceremony without his boots, he can be immediately sanctioned. If the player does it again, he could be suspended from a match in the next tournament!
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The Kihikihi Club exists since 1892. The International Polo Day is an event which became a main feature of the Kihikihi Polo Club for 10 years. For a number of years Kihikihi challenged an overseas team but the New Zealand Polo
