Experience the Thrill! Polo At the Classic!
ABOUT POLO
Polo Basics
• The field is 300 yards long, 200 yards wide.
• The goals are 24 feet wide.
• The match is divided into 6 chukkers (periods). Each chukker is 7.5 minutes long. Players have four minutes to change ontofresh horses between chukkers.
• Each team has four players, numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 that correspond with their roles. Number 1 and 2 are offensive players and 3 and 4 are defensive players. There are no goal tenders in polo. Each player also has a rating from 1 to 10 that
identifies his or her ability (the higher the rating the better the player). If a 7-goal team plays a 5-goal team, then the match
begins with the 5-goal team ahead by 2 goals.
• A referee oversees match play.
• A common foul in polo is “crossing the line of the ball,” similar to a driver cutting into another’s lane. When this happens in polo serious injury to the horse and rider can occur. Hooking and other controlled means of physical contact are legal and
very much part of the game.
• The equipment consists of hard plastic balls similar in size to a baseball and a bamboo mallet with a hardwood head. Players use the side of the mallet to strike the ball.
• The riders wear a helmet, white riding pants, leather kneepads, boots and spurs.
• The ponies are prepped for matches by wrapping their legs in special bandages to protect from mallet and ball hits and by
braiding their tails to prevent entanglement. The ponies are equipped with English-style saddles and tack.
• The goals are 24 feet wide.
• The match is divided into 6 chukkers (periods). Each chukker is 7.5 minutes long. Players have four minutes to change ontofresh horses between chukkers.
• Each team has four players, numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 that correspond with their roles. Number 1 and 2 are offensive players and 3 and 4 are defensive players. There are no goal tenders in polo. Each player also has a rating from 1 to 10 that
identifies his or her ability (the higher the rating the better the player). If a 7-goal team plays a 5-goal team, then the match
begins with the 5-goal team ahead by 2 goals.
• A referee oversees match play.
• A common foul in polo is “crossing the line of the ball,” similar to a driver cutting into another’s lane. When this happens in polo serious injury to the horse and rider can occur. Hooking and other controlled means of physical contact are legal and
very much part of the game.
• The equipment consists of hard plastic balls similar in size to a baseball and a bamboo mallet with a hardwood head. Players use the side of the mallet to strike the ball.
• The riders wear a helmet, white riding pants, leather kneepads, boots and spurs.
• The ponies are prepped for matches by wrapping their legs in special bandages to protect from mallet and ball hits and by
braiding their tails to prevent entanglement. The ponies are equipped with English-style saddles and tack.
Contact Us:
Craig Robbins
thepoloclassic@yahoo.com
651-283-9930
For information on Polo;
twincitypolo.com
763-479-4307
University of Minnesota's Leatherdale Equine
Center
Kelly Vallandingham
valla020@umn.edu
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