Britain's Sarah Wiseman Named Most Valuable Player. The Malaysian Ladies' Polo Championships 2015 came to an end on Saturday 10 October with a win for the Mahi-Mahi team in the Final against Headhunters.
In recent seasons there has been a huge increase in the way in which players maintain their fitness pitch-side and warm themselves up pre and post-match. From stretching to jogging and all manner of other exercises in between, with many players now frequently being seen cooling down post-game with the help of fitness trainers and physios.
A spectacular day and mild weather with high clouds paved the way for the third edition of Polo del Sorriso at the Acquedotto Romano Polo Club www.arpc.it just a handful of miles from Rome. Over six hundred people attended the event on September 27th and thanks to their presence and generosity of those present, over € 33,000 was raised for Smile House Milano (part of Operation Smile).
he world's polo playing elite is gearing up for billionaire James Packer's polo pony sale in the Hunter Valley, sparked by his lack of time stemming from other business pursuits.
The way to the final of the Tortugas Open, first competition of the Triple Crown in Argentina, will start on the weekend with the two semifinal matches.
This year’s Gold Cup may have been about the Pieres brothers and the raft of young British players competing, but there was another standout in Jose Ramon Araya, the 16-year-old Argentine who graced the Cowdray Park fields in the final.
Horses used in the game of polo (known as “ponies” although many are full-sized horses) are asked to sprint at top speed, turn sharply, make sudden stops, stay balanced while riders shift their weight far out of center, and even run into other horses to gain an advantageous position. The nature of the game puts both ponies and players in a position to sustain injuries.
