The painstakingly painted and blinged out polo pony positioned along the busiest hallway at the Ritz-Carlton in Rancho Mirage begs for attention.
It's decked in glitter, pearls and shiny rhinestones. The polo player is wearing an open tuxedo tie. It's a fitting addition to the elegant resort.
Polo may be as old as the Bronze Age but the professional game is making its first appearance as a sport in Tasmania.
At a new polo field at 'Barnbougle' in Tasmania's north east, two professional tournaments are being played.
In an afternoon of falls and fouls, Rashid Albwardy's Desert Palm will face HH Sheikha Maitha's UAE polo team in the Final of The Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge at Desert Palm Resort.
Coca-Cola (Gillian Johnston, Sugar Erskine, Julio Arellano and Mason Wroe) and Valiente (Tommy Beresford, Peke Gonzalez, Santi Torres and Sapo Caset) won their 2015 20-goalYlvisaker Cup semifinal games on Wednesday afternoon at the International Polo Club and will be facing one another in this Sunday’s 3pm finals.
New ladies’ handicap committee formed with the HPA
The UK Ladies’ Handicap list is published today by the HPA, with the new ratings coming into effect for the 2015 season, beginning in April. Under the new system, women will retain their current handicap, but will also hold a women’s specific handicap; for use when playing in women’s only tournaments.
FARMINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — The Farmington Polo Club is currently home to about a half a dozen horses. Neighbors say the club used to board, groom, feed, and take care of the animals, but police have now arrested the current owner, Claude Brouillard, for cruelty to an animal.
The UK National Women’s Tournament draw and teams announced
The largest ladies’ tournament in the country is to be played this weekend at Ascot Park Polo Club, the home of the International Women’s Polo Association, founded by Club Director Pippa Grace. Following on from the success of the 2014 summer and winter tournaments, 12 teams have entered to play the two day tournament in three different sections
The 2015 Barbados Polo Season is in full swing! Following behind the Barbados Polo Club, Apes Hill is jumping in to full swing with its first major tour of the year.
On February 25, 2014, Carlos Gracida raced down the field at the Everglades Polo Club atop a powerful thoroughbred pony. After decades of being among the best to play the game, having already won every major prize and tournament multiple times in his long career, the 53-year-old had nothing left to prove -- certainly not in the midlevel tournament he was participating in that day, the Freebooters Classic 14.
Four days of fun and games at Rugby Polo Club
The largest tournament in the country ended yesterday after four days of polo played by University students from the length and breadth of the country.
A few weeks ago I received an email from a proud mom, Maria Russell, that her son's polo team went undefeated the last weekend in January at the Northeast Preliminary Polo games. Polo? Michael Koski, a sophomore at Spencer-Van Etten High School, has become an enthusiastic polo player over the last year.
