Everyone falls eventually — as polo players know all too well! After Prince Harry’s much publicized, if minor, fall this past Sunday in the Hamptons I thought I would take the opportunity to point out Tom Goodspeed’s excellent article on knowing when and how to make an “emergency dismount” from a moving horse as safely as possible.

This one-page flier covers numbers like chukker length, number of chukkers per game, field size, player handicaps, mallet length, just about anything you can put a number to.

How would you explain polo to someone who is watching the sport for the first time? What are the responsibilities of the four players on the field? When are fouls called? How exactly does a polo player find him or herself on a polo team? Do you own the horses or does the team own the horses? What’s the difference between low-, medium-, and high-goal polo? How do you achieve a higher handicap?
Given that you model for Ralph Lauren, does polo have spectator etiquette when it comes to what to wear? Do polo players balance the glamorous aspect of the sport with concentrating on their game?

The Masters do not look backwards, they look forward. They are able to place their entire focus on the remaining minutes of the game. They do not waste a single ounce of emotional energy on what has already passed.

A brief 6-minute video on the history of polo and international polo competition such as the Olympics and the Pan American Games. The video includes a high-level overview of some of the international governing bodies of the sport, why they were created, and some of the innovations they’ve implemented to keep the game we all love going.

A neat little video produced by the United States Polo Association about getting involved in polo. Narrated by TV host, John Walsh this video features polo players from many different backgrounds who are enjoying the thrill of polo!

Some present that high goal is better supervision of incoming players; others feel that the more traditional “walk before you run” approach is better in lower goal. Which way is right?

It is true that we need to challenge ourselves to progress, but do it carefully. Polo is so much more fun when you are able to play the game for a long time.

A polo field is the perfect setting for us polo players to practice our somewhat dysfunctional, yet colorful vocabularies. The terms on the field are supposed to offer direction and clarification. Unfortunately, at times, the direction may be accompanied by some inappropriate references to family heritage. In fact, sometimes the message is absent of any productive content whatsoever.

Nacho Figueras appeared in the New York Times recently, once again using his draw as a Ralph Lauren model to publicize the sport of polo. This isn’t the type of article you’d usually expect to see on PoloGringo, I know, so I’ll keep it short. But I wanted to write briefly about this latest article [...]