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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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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 often was thought but never so well expressed. Reflections is a
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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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Hollywood was in the heart of Polo in America in the 1930’s! The Los Angeles Equestrian Center, between Warner Brothers and Dreamworks, was the epicenter of Polo for celebrities at that time: Spencer Tray, Clark Galbe,
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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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In mid-2010 the Hurlingham Polo Association held a thanksgiving service at St Michael and All Angels Church, Sunninghill, in memory of Gayatri Devi, (1919-2009), better known as Ayesha, following her death in July last year.
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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
