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Since both sexes are rated on the same handicap scale, men and women can play together. Sixty-odd years ago, the U. S. Women’s Polo Association had a 10-goal woman player.
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Polo is the only game where it is impossible to use your left hand. The United States Polo Association rulebook states, “All players shall play the mallet with their right hand.” The reason is the panic created in a
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The Argentinean horses are usually called “petisos” due to their small size. The roughrider “petisero” replace the player outside the polo field. His work consists in preparing the horse to play polo. The young horse is
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Polo ponies run the equivalent of one to two miles during a chukker, so they must rest frequently. It’s rare for a pony to play three chukkers in the same game.
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Morocco was the first african country to enter the FIP in 2006. Moroccan Royal Guard polo players are trained by an Argentine army officer. Many years ago, Alexis introduced the Moroccan General Mimoun to the Argentine colonel
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Originally, the “guarda pampa” is a religious and spiritual symbol of Mapuche Indians from the Andes and pampa. This pattern is commonly used today, you can find it on various Spirit of Polo products (Mate cup, belt,
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Just after elefants, horses are the living beings with the greatest memory! They have an incredible ability of memorizing their physical world and situation. This have to be taken into consideration during their education:
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According to the tradition, the horse position on equestrian status indicates the way its rider died. If both legs are up, he is dead in combat; when only one leg is up he eventually died of his injuries after the battle and
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You’d always thought Polo was exclusively played on horses ? All wrong ! There are many variants to the traditional polo.It is played on elefants back in Thailand – see Alexis’ gallery; on yaks in Pakistan or
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Horses are terrestrial animals with the biggest eyes! Their horizontal pupils give them a panoramic view of 325 ° (monocular and binoculare), but with blind points located at the forehead, the neck and the back of their head.
