polo

     

Polo is a team sport playe outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Riders score by driving a white wooden or plastic ball (size 3–3.5 inches, weight 4.25–4.75 ounces) into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. Goals are only valid if the scoring rider is mounted. The traditional sport of polo is played outdoors, and each polo team consists of four riders and their mounts.

Trivia about polo

  • Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina
  • Ralph Lauren gained fame in the late '60s with this sporty menswear line
  • At Cambridge Charles got his university colors in this sport
  • 1936 was the last year this team sport on horseback was included
  • To play this sport indoors, you only need a 100-yard instead of a 300-yard field, & fewer ponies
  • A game played on horseback shares its name with this style of shirt seen here
  • The Sultan of Brunei has air-conditioned stables housing his 200 animals for this sport
  • A mallet,the ball,boots,horses
  • Last name of the brothers who made an overland trek in the 1260s from Bukhara, Uzbekistan to China
  • Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers
  • The Cup of the Americas is up for grabs in matches between the U.S. & Argentina in this mounted game
  • A must-have for the preppy look: this short-sleeve collared shirt, particularly one of the brand of the same name
  • This equestrian event has 2 4-player teams with long-handled mallets (not many horses in the water version)
  • In 1869 the 10th Hussars introduced to England this game also called "hockey on horseback"
  • 4 teammates, a safety zone, a 40 yard mark, goal posts
  • The chukka hat is worn by players in this sport & is so-named for the periods of the game called chukkers
  • Nepal hosts the championships of the elephant version of this game that's usually played on horseback
  • You get weak-kneed fondling a tournament mallet used during chukkers in this sport
  • The Encyclopedia Britannica calls it "the oldest of equestrian sports", dating to ancient Persia
  • In addition to the original, Ralph Lauren has Sport & Sport Extreme versions of this fragrance
  • By the time the British discovered this sport in India around 1860, it used a ball, no longer a goat's or enemy's head
  • At up to 300 x 200 yards, or over 5 acres, this sports has the largest playing field of any
  • Originating in Persia, this sport gained popularity with British officers in India who liked horsing around