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  • John Watson and the ridding-off

    Before John Watson return from India in 1884, riding off did not exist: the method of play was for one man on each side to be goalkeeper and for the others to play forward in a heap, hitting the ball as often as they could and

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  • Adolfo Cambiaso

    Adolfo Cambiaso was seventeen years old when he became the youngest-ever-10-goal player in the world.

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  • Walt Disney used to play polo

    Enthusiast polo player, Walt Disney was the capitain of the Mickey Mouse team and he used to play polo as soon as he left the studio. The producer even released in 1936 a cartoon of a polo game! The Mickey’s Polo team set

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  • Mares VS horses

    Polo players usually rather like to play with mares than with horses. Indeed even if horses are quicker, it appears that mares are smaller and suppler than the males.

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  • Cuartetera’s clone

    Since the beginning of the twentieth-century, around 30 horses have been cloned in the world, in particular Argentinians criollos. But in 2010 in San Isidro (AR), it was the first time that the spitting image of a polo mare was

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  • Surrogate mares

    Polo’s mares can play several tournaments in the same year and meanwhile they succeed in giving birth to many foals. How is it possible? In relying on artificial insemination, embryo transfer and surrogate mothers!

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  • 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

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  • The sexual diversity

    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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  • Why are there no left-handed players?

    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 polo horse training

    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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