Watch a polo match for a few minutes and you’ll see riders leave the field, swap horses, and head right back into the action. It raises an obvious question: how many players are on a polo team, and why do they need so many horses? Quick answer: An outdoor polo team has four players, and …
Stand at the edge of a polo field and it’s hard to judge how big it really is. The horses look small at the far end, the goal posts seem impossibly far off, and you start to wonder how anybody can hit a ball that far. The standard polo field size is 300 yards long …
When I took my wife to her first polo match, she loved watching the horses run but had no idea what was happening on the field. By her second match, she wanted to know how polo is played: the rules, positions, and strategy behind the action. That’s exactly what this guide explains. Outdoor polo is …