Polo is a horseback mounted team sport. It is one of the world's oldest known team sports.
The concept of the game and its variants date back from the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD. The sport originated from equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the Persian king's guard or other elite troops. It is now popular around the world, with well over 100 member countries in the Federation of International Polo. It is played professionally in 16 countries. It was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1936.
The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring goals by using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called chukkas (or "chukkers").
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
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Billy in Cypress U$A said:
Polo
Randall wrote:
Polo
Alan J answered:
Polo.
mj replied:
Legend has it
That the sport was originally played with the head of an enemy instead
of a ball. A good player will exhaust several ponies during a polo match.
zorch responded:
Polo.
Jacqueline said:
I found a couple answers related to chukkers. Is it clues to crossword puzzles, recreational toss game, baseball or a board game? Hope one of these is right!
Dave wrote:
Polo. An elitist sport of royalty and the idle rich. For polo you have to buy a trained polo pony and board it, then have the leisure time and money to travel to the matches.
Photos: Hollywood actor Spencer Tracy was an enthusiast of polo, as was his long suffering wife Louise | Prince Charles played for many years and his sons are, or were, active in polo | Winston Churchill became addicted to polo while in the Army, but because he wasn't really a rich man, his civilian polo addiction strained the family's always shaky finances | The Duke of Edenborough was instrumental in bringing polo back to England after his 1947 marriage to Princess Elizabeth, and played for 20 years, reluctantly retiring at age 50 because arthritis hampered his play.
Deborah, the Master Gardener, replied:
I don't even have to look it up - the sport is polo. Riding a polo pony (actually a small horse, not necessarily technically a pony) takes a lot of skill and quick reactions. I prefer to wear a large straw hat, a fashionably-styled dotted swiss sundress, and a pair of espadrilles and watch from the stands.
John I from Hawai`i says,
Ice Hockey
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Polo is a horseback mounted team sport.
Mac Mac said:
Polo
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