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Polo Anyone? By Alex Webbe http://www.polo101.com Imagine a ball hit so hard that it is coming at you at a speed of 110 miles per hour! The ball is moving so fast you can hardly see it. Your job is to stay at a gallop, get your horse in line with this flash of white [...]
The Pony Club Perspective by Kate Webb Some people ride pony club; some ride polo. I do both. My name is Katie Webb, and I’m a C-1 rated member of Bear Creek Pony Club, from the Middle California region. I’m 18 years old and I have been riding horses since I was nine. My favorite [...]
Arena Polo By Alex Webbe Arena Polo is played with three players per team in an enclosure that measures approximately 100 yards in length and 50 yards in width. Walls are suggested to be no less than 4’ in height. A regulation game consists of four chukkers/periods of seven and one-half minutes each. Riders change [...]
Empire Polo Club Offers Sunday Polo Jan. 9th – March 27th, 2011 Public Welcome Empire Polo Club features Polo games open to the public every Sunday through March 27th. Our Sunday games are at 12 & 2 PM. A complimentary champagne divot stomp, hosted by Korbel California Champagne, is scheduled during halftime of the 2 [...]
Why Are They Called Polo Ponies? By Alex Webbe A group of reporters covering the Duchess of York’s visit to Palm Beach Polo and Country Club earlier this year were passing the time in the press tent discussing the game of polo. Most had never seen a polo match before and were curious about how [...]
WrightWay Polo’s Desert Winter Series 2011 Located at Empire Polo Club, Indio CA Clinics Saturday & Sunday, January through March 2011 Clinic: Every weekend Jan. – March 2011 (see details below) Hello All, Following our very successful 2010 Desert Winter Series, we will once again offer wonderful opportunities to learn, play and enjoy polo in [...]
Learn To Play Polo Empire Polo School offers lesson programs for all levels of play. We have group and private lesson formats for adults and junior riders. From the beginner to the more advanced student, the Empire Polo Club offers a variety of classes and clinics to accommodate all skill levels. Our Polo School has [...]
Open House @ Empire Polo Club Nov. 13th & 14th, 2010 Free Polo Tournament & Open House Event Empire Polo Club is celebrating its Grand Re-Opening this winter as a premier polo destination for winter polo. Empire’s pre-season tournament series kicks off with a two-day “Open House” Polo Tournament. Players and teams are invited to [...]
Ever since taking up polo, a lot of people (including my friends) have made comments along the lines of: “Wow, polo is too rich for my blood”, “Do you have money to burn?”, and “Polo is only for arrogant, stuck-up people”. There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding this sport of kings (ha, and with [...]
Video Interview of three interscholastic polo players. View a short video about interscholastic polo and how three female players got started in polo. They used to show hunter/jumpers and they got hooked on polo when a friend introduced them to the sport. The video talks about their daily schedule, interscholastic polo tournaments and their [...]
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