Talk:Polo/Archive 1

Untitled
This article really fails to capture the essence of polo. Polo is about the game, and the (actually rather incredible) concept that it is played on horseback.

The horses, referred to as "polo ponies" account for a significant portion of a team's ability. Player's generally own their own horses.

A good polo pony, upon sensing his rider leaning far over to hit the ball will move in under the rider so he can maintain his balance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.52.14.82 (talk) 17:40, 27 April 2004 (UTC)

-- Pakistan at most times was part of the persian empire at was inhabited be elamo-dravidians; the Aryans who are we know as iranians or persians.

we forget that it was the Persians who domesticized the horse and rode it firs, it seems really logical for the people there to be the first to start a sport with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.115.152.19 (talk) 06:28, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

- Actually the sport of Jai Alai i also played right handed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.118.173.146 (talk) 23:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

3100 BC!?
as i understand it, the domesticated horse would not appear in india until perhaps 1600 BC, 1500 years after polo in manipur was supposed to have been played there. this is extremely sketchy.--hamstar 22:04, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The famous match was between Iranian and Turanians and the latter only became synonymous with Turkmen during the Sassanid empire. THe match was between Iranians and central Asians, scythians probably, and occured before Zoroaster and therefore given the revision of Zoroaster's date was sometimes around 1500 BC. Is this the first ever international sporting game in history — Preceding unsigned comment added by DeusAhrimanus (talk • contribs) 09:40, 10 December 2005  (UTC)

Torkaman???
" The first recorded polo match occurred in roughly 600 BC between the Turkomans and Persian, with victory going to the Turkomans. "

1. the main article is from there is no such it, in the article

2. Torkamn in 600 BC????

3. Which source may proof it???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.176.9.201 (talk) 09:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Factual error
The actual number of players in a polo team are four for outdoor polo and three for arena polo. Therefore, you have either six or eight players on the pitch at any one time plus two mounted umpires.

The pitch dimensions quoted here are not the same as the ones quoted here: http://www.fippolo.com/document/File/Rules_2002_english.pdf Which is right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.189.228.102 (talk) 16:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Wall-to-wall copy edit
I'm in the process of doing a wall-to-wall copy edit of this article. If anyone has anything they would like to integrate, now's the time to speak up.

I just finished doing the Intro and did a quickie cleaning up of the Origins section. I expect to have the rest of the article polished up in a couple of days. Cheers, --MILH 03:01, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Good luck. Mariano (t/c) 08:03, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

This page looks really messy. Giving arena polo its own section instead of switching back and forth between indoor and outdoor might clear it up. Right now the facts are sort of jumbled together (in outdoor the ball is... in indoor the ball is...) What do you guys think? 128.253.2.15 01:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Anon

Cleanup
This article needs MAJOR revising, as right now it's just one huge mess. I will get around to it eventually but right now I'm just too busy. --ILoveFuturama 02:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

The article contradicts itself twice, first saying that the number one is the hardest player, then saying three is the best player. then as you go on, its says that player one is usually the least experienced. ???142.46.7.18 06:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It doesn't contradict itself, although this particular point is inaccurate. It is not the number 1, but the number 2 that is the hardest position on the field to play because they are given the task of neutralizing the number 3 (who is often the best player on the field, although not always.  Sometimes this can be the number 2) (TJC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.173.142 (talk) 21:47, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Finance
I'd like to see some information on how the game is financed and how well players are paid. I live near to polo fields and I see how expensive it must be to participate in or run a team. E.g. Horses, sorry ponies, are flown in from Argentina for competitions. Very few games charge spectators to watch yet the local facilities (Sotogrande, Spain) are incredible. EdX20 21:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Phillip Rosenthal
has been permanently blocked as a sockpuppet of the Indian nationalist editor, who has a history of The Arbitration Committee has found that Freedom skies has "repeatedly engaged in edit-warring" and placed him on revert parole. When examining Freedom skies' editing, be mindful of the following: JFD 06:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * POV-pushing
 * citing unreliable sources
 * misrepresenting his sources
 * Can whatever source Freedom skies cites be considered reliable and up to date?
 * Do his edits accurately reflect the content of the sources cited?
 * Do his edits reflect "the prevailing view in the relevant academic community"?
 * If not, do his edits give minority views undue weight?

CAIS links are not allowed here
A few days ago, I was having trouble reverting a piece of particularly severe vandalism to this article because the polo history link was blacklisted. I didn't understand why, but according to this ANI discussion, CAIS is apparently guilty of wanton copyright infringement and plagarism. Per WP:COPY, even linking to sites that violate copyright could expose the Foundation to litigation. I've therefore removed all links to CAIS. My apologies, but there is no gray area in this matter. Blueboy96 22:47, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * This also required refactoring a talk page comment. Normally, this is bad practice, but WP:COPY takes precedence even in talk pages.Blueboy96 22:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Rules
It'd be nice to have a section on the actual rules of Polo, how the teams interact, what penalties can be called for and how they work etc.

It would be nice to have a section on rules about polo.

The rules are VERY complex and the USPA rulebook is indeed very think, it would be difficult to summarizem it concisely. I can try as along as this isn't going to be subject to the merciless editing and constant deletions and reversions that seem typical here. In the meantime, here is a good overview of the rules:

Perhaps the people from that site can be invited to contribute 69.158.100.5 05:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link, I came to the Polo page to find out what the rules were (as I'm going to watch a game later today) - so far all I know is that players score goals - and that there can be penalties. And if the ball goes out the other team get a free knock in. Someone who knows the game should please give a brief idea of what the penalties might be - just a rough guide to explain if there are penalties for offside, obstruction, dangerous play, high stick, etc, is it meant to be non contact sport or are you allowed to push against other players? EdwardLane (talk) 09:19, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I read that page some while back, but the link above is now broken, I just watched a match on eurosport and so there are a few particular rules I'd like to see explained in the article.


 * penalties - some of the penalties looked to have all the players out of the area between the goal, and others seemed to have lots of horses between the player and the goal.
 * goals - the goals look to be two posts on the floor and seem to have no crossbar, so any ball going through at any height looked to be scored (is that correct)
 * riding off - had to be done from 'in front of the saddle' or it's a foul (is that right?)
 * the referee can choose to 'play advantage' but given that almost any foul looked to give a penalty they seemed to blow really quickly, and basically don't play advantage.
 * shooting wide of the goal, seemed to give a 'knock in' to defense
 * defender knocking the ball back over their own goal scores an own goal
 * defender knocking the ball back behind the goal 'the commentator said something like a "oh that'll be a clear 60", but the second commentator said "no, it came of someone's legs so it will be a knock in". did I hear that right - and is a "clear 60" a type of penalty (with everyone cleared out the way?) or did I mishear that.
 * besides crossing 'too close' in front of someone who is riding the line of the ball, and dangerous hooking are there any other fouls?

Can anyone flesh that list above out with better details, and find a source to cite, and then add them to the article?EdwardLane (talk) 08:49, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Why are Spencer Tracey & Tommy Lee Jones Being Deleted From the List of Polo Players?
I notice that contributions indicating that Spencer Tracey played polo have all been reversed. I don't understand why. These are just a few references that indicate that he did indeed play polo. These are just a few references. There are others. I would think that before something is deleted, a simple google search should be conducted.   

Here are the sources re: Tommy Lee Jones:   69.158.100.5 05:48, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:55, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Chukka or chukker?
It's written as both in the article, and since I know bugger-all about polo I figured I'd point this out.--218.166.43.140 (talk) 09:01, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Chukker: A period of play. Known as a chukka in England and in India. ... Polo play is governed by rules set forth in the “Blue Book" of the USPA,, the governing body for the sport of polo. (US Polo Association)

If we are talking about the outdoor game, chukkas are 7 minutes long.

"A polo game is divided into four to six periods, called chukkers. The word “chukker” sometimes spelled “chukka” is derived from the Sanskrit word referring the turn of a wheel, which was the way chukkers were once timed. In the indoor game, the length of the 4  chukkas is longer, 7 minutes and 30 seconds. 69.158.110.6 (talk) 23:39, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Inclusion of External Link To Polo.TV
In response (particularly) to IrishGuy. I feel that this is a highly relevant external link to include on the page, as this site has an extensive libaray of video clips showing high-goal polo being played around the world, & featuring the most important tournaments. This would, of course, be of interest to anyone interested in learning more about the sport of polo - I suggest you read the article first, to see that the featured video content is relevant - you will find out that these are the amongst the most notable tournaments played worldwide (British Open, US Open, Spanish Open etc etc). Secondly compare this external link with other ones on the article - again, at the very least, this link is as relevant, however I would suggest it is more relevant than most of the others on the polo article page. Why not investigate some of these ones further (for spam, COI, notability etc), rather than just delete my entry, simply because it was written by myself. Let's discuss here further before you remove again. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by First5wins (talk • contribs) 09:17, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Of course you find it to be relevant...you have a conflict of interest. Wikipedia is not a venue for promotion. Stop spamming. IrishGuy talk 14:40, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Irish Guy - what is important here is that you are assuming a conflict of interest (and that appears to be your main prerogative, not the greater relevance/benefit of the Polo article, but instead you could be accused of waging a perosnal vendetta against any entry I've made). Simply accusing me of COI (unfounded, I hasten to add) is not enough. For the purposes of this discussion, I'm not connected with Blue Tuna but am very familiar very with their polo television series (I'm a polo player and watch their programmes extensively and have researched them, a fan therefore - is that permissable?), and believe it is both relevant & notable that 1/ a page exists for them Blue Tuna on wiki & 2/ the connection between polo & blue tuna is a valid one. As I have suggested to you previously, actually spend some time and read through the polo article and edit it (beleive me, there is an awful lot lacking from this article and much more significant edits required than merely undoing what I have written). But let's keep talking! —Preceding unsigned comment added by First5wins (talk • contribs) 15:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I am aware of the Blue Tuna article. You wrote it. You have done nothing but promote Blue Tuna with each of your edits. Again, Wikipedia is not a venue for promotion. IrishGuy talk 15:40, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Irish Guy - you are removing information that have no connection to blue tuna on this page - eg, my last tinclusion of Kenny Jones & Mike Rutherford, as examples of notable polo players. I've now re-included them with appropiate references. Please, do some research before you edit things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by First5wins (talk • contribs) 16:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I reverted your edit because you were spamming again. Just as you did here with yet another Blue Tuna link. IrishGuy talk 16:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I'm not affiliated with blue tuna in any way, but I agree that polo.tv is an extremely useful website, particularly for novices, as it allows beginning players to see high-goal polo to which they wouldn't ordinarily have access. I frequently view their video clips for inspiration and education. I don't care to make any judgement on the COI issue, but polo.tv is, in my opinion at least, one of the more valuable polo websites out there. Pologringo (talk) 17:36, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Southeast Asia section tense
Something is wrong in the Southeast Asia section, but I don't have time to mess with it. I threw up a "clean up tense" template. --130.127.53.144 (talk) 08:05, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I did a bit of work on the section. Someone the Person (talk) 23:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Notable players
I removed a bunch of celebrities who "happened to play polo", as they can't be considered notable polo players per se. About the notability of those remaining, I guess 10-handicapped such as Cambiaso are a must here. For the rest, I'm not that sure. Mariano (t/c) 12:55, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This works for me. I've had enough trouble just keeping all of the red links off the list (see the above section here), I just didn't feel like fighting with people who wanted to keep all the princes who happened to play polo on the list.  More power to you, and if you wouldn't mind, please keep the article watchlisted to help make sure the list stays pruned down.  Thanks! Dana boomer (talk) 13:15, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's in my watchlist, I just happened to be in a wiki-sabbatical. Take care, Mariano (t/c) 13:23, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

History section
some indians on wikipedia are changing everything without any reason. it is stated that "Polo was first played in India around 6 century B.C. and from there it was picked up by people of Persia (modern day Iran).. " can someone give a source for this claim please???

We used to think that Polo came from Iran. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.70.24.182 (talk) 16:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I changed the first sentence of History Section. My ref. is that of Britanica. If Indians are going to change it again, please provide reference. My ref. for the Fact that game was In persia before being in India is 1. Britanica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/468128/polo 2. Polo History UK: http://www.polo.co.uk/polo_history.htm
 * So, Please do not change without giving sources.

The whole history section is a big huffhuff. Anyone seeing the strangeness in ths paragraph for example? Let me give you some hint by bolding...

"In 1862 the first polo club, Calcutta Polo Club, was established by two British soldiers, Captain Robert Stewart and Major General Joe Shearer.[12] Later they spread the game to their peers in England. The British are credited with spreading polo worldwide in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. Military officers imported the game to Britain in the 1860s. The establishment of polo clubs throughout England and western Europe followed after the formal codification of rules.[11] The 10th Hussars at Aldershot, Hants, introduced polo to England in 1834."

Note this last year, which is mentioned on another place in the article as the year when the first polo club was founded, in Silchar, and also Calcutta (as mentioned below). --Luffarfarfar (talk) 20:33, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Red Linked Notable Polo Players
There is getting to be quite a list of "notable" polo players on the main page, most of which are red linked. The ones with blue links can stay, as they're obviously notable enough to have an article about them, but the ones with red links I'm moving here. If any of these people eventually have articles written about them, they can be moved back to the main page.


 * Cecil Smith
 * Queen Jessica Fonseca
 * Rube Williams
 * Alejandro Diaz Alberdi
 * Craig Beasley
 * Gonzalo Pieres
 * Alberto Pedro Heguy, Sr.
 * Bautista Heguy
 * Horacio A. Heguy
 * Ignacio "Nachi" Heguy
 * Ignacio Heguy
 * Eduardo Novillo Astrada
 * Ignacio Novillo Astrada
 * Miguel Novillo Astrada
 * Javier Novillo Astrada
 * Juan Pablo Novillo Astrada
 * Mike Azzaro
 * Memo Gracida
 * Martin Prieto Gracida
 * Carlos Prieto Gracida
 * Sue Sally Hale
 * Sunny Hale
 * Juan Carlos Harriot
 * Oliver Portis
 * Max Stevens (Baller)
 * Victor-Mansour Semeika
 * Malcolm Borwick
 * Mister Whitey
 * Jeff Whitey
 * Mariano Aguerre
 * Bobby Beveridge
 * Owen Rinehart
 * Ignacio Guaia
 * Harley Stimmel
 * Bartolome Castagnola
 * Nader Gandur Castagnola
 * Estanislao Jalil Castagnola
 * Juan Carlos Castagnola
 * Gabriel Castagnola
 * Facundo Pieres
 * Gonzalo Pieres
 * Gonzalo Pieres (h)
 * Tomas Pieres
 * Andrew Martin McNeil
 * Milo Fernandez Araujo
 * Mark Tomlinson
 * Emma Tomlinson
 * Tommy Biddle
 * Lucinda Verhees

Shows you know NOTHING about polo. How you can remove famous players like these is beyond me? Even earlier on the same page Wikipedia.org "polo page" it says:

"Argentina dominates the professional sport and is today the source of most of the world's 10-goal (i.e., top-rated) players. In Argentina, polo players are known as "polistas." In the world of polo, Argentina's Heguy family, Pieres family, or Castagnola family, are to polo what the Barrymore family is to acting or the Khan family to squash. The Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo tournament—over 100 years old—remains the most important polo competition in the world."

Yet you remove the members of that family who are famous.

Just because no one has gotten around to writing an article about them yet does not mean they are not notable:
 * Memo Gracida - he does have an article in Britanica.com
 * Martin Prieto Gracida
 * Carlos Prieto Gracida
 * Ignacio "Nachi" Heguy
 * Ignacio Heguy
 * Alberto Pedro Heguy, Sr.
 * Bautista Heguy
 * Horacio A. Heguy

I am putting them back. Here are some links that show that some of these players are well known enough to be covered in MAJOR USA newspapers. I will add more in a second: ,

Wikipedia even lists the championships that many of these players won: Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo

FYI, here is a list of players who have won outstanding polo player of the year by the US Polo Association (USPA). Are you going to tell me that isn't notable enough for you?

Previous winners: 2004 Carlos Gracida 2003 Francisco “Paco” de Narvaez 2002 Adam Snow 1999 Hector Galindo/ Memo Gracida 1998 Adam Snow 1997 Memo Gracida 1996 Memo Gracida 1995 Carlos Gracida 1994 Mike Azzaro 1993 Carlos Gracida 1992 Owen Rinehart 1991 Memo Gracida 1990 Memo Gracida 1989 Carlos Gracida 1988 Gonzalo Pieres 1987 Owen Rinehart 1986 Carlos Gracida

These players are USPA Polo Hall of Fame Inductees. How can you say they are not notable? 

Elected February 7, 1997 Guillermo "Memo" Gracida, Jr. - He is known as Memo Gracida in polo circles and if you knew anything about polo you would know that

Elected February 15, 2008 Gonzalo Pieres

How you can say that members of the British royal family aren't KNOWN is also beyond me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.110.6 (talk) 20:01, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Playing surface
Is Polo always played on grass? My housemate plays polo and I was shocked to find out that he didn't know what a divot was, apparently he plays on wood chippings, and looked at me oddly when I implied that that wasn't normal, but he didn't really elaborate much. There's no mention of it on here, anyone know anything about it? Will Bradshaw (talk) 22:38, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The variant called "cowboy polo" is often played inside a standard dirt arena. However, I cannot say for certain about traditional field polo, as I know relatively little about the sport, but given the dimensions of an official playing field, I find it difficult to imagine the cost of maintaining any other surface but simple turf grass.  I suppose in places where turf is hard to maintain there may be alternative surfaces, but I guess you may have to ask him to elaborate, eh?   Montanabw (talk) 04:41, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't think of a playing surface that would not suffer from divots but that would also allow the horse's hooves to gain purchase. Any surface suitable for a horse to gallop without slipping and sliding would by necessity divot in a rollback or hard check situation. I think it's much more likely your housemate wasn't familiar with the actual word, "divot", than it is that he hasn't observed them while playing. I don't know about woodchips, but I do know many arenas use a combination of things like coconut husks and sand to provide a good playing surface that drains well and minimizes divoting. It certainly wouldn't eliminate them though. Pologringo (talk) 17:18, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Automobile Polo
I don't know if anybody has staged a serious game, but there was once a TV ad (Isuzu, I think), featuring a game of polo played with SUVs. Should that be added to the variants? JDS2005 (talk) 23:49, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

championship
took out the single mention of brazil winning and runnerup details. Blatant nationalism. Chile is current champion anyway, and details about the championship can be found elsewhere —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.113.247.135 (talk) 00:10, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

World Polo Championship
It's important to mention that is held without the presence of the best professional players. --Lucio Garcia 12:02, 26 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucio Garcia (talk • contribs)
 * Lucio, thanks for your additions to the article. However, I have reverted them again, as this comment was unsourced, and was basically insulting the competition. If you have reliable sources that assert that this competition is held without the best polo players being present, please feel free to add them. However, in the absence of reliable sources, you cannot add assertions like this. I realize this article is in bad shape and could benefit from some serious TLC, but adding more unsourced information will not help matters. Dana boomer (talk) 19:10, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm not insulting the competition. This competition, far from being the best or the strongest competition, is for teams with handicap 14 or less. Argentina, for example, has and had enough pro players at least to complete 2 entire teams of handicap 40. They can't participate in this competition. Look in the official page of the event, it's says about handicap. No source needed, if you know just a little about polo. For an argentine, it's almost an insult that mention this championship as the "World Championship". But if you want, go to that site or check the wikipedia article of that event. --Lucio Garcia 20:39, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * However, it is, according to the WP page, the "premier international polo competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the Federation of International Polo." This is not just focusing on Argentine polo, it is focused worldwide, so it is no insult to Argentine polo. Also, from what I've read about polo handicapping, a 10-14 goal handicap is a very high handicap, and so many of the world's best players would be playing in this championship. Please provide sources that say a 10-14 handicap is limiting the world best players from playing. Dana boomer (talk) 20:53, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

That's exactly what I believe from the beggining, you don't know nothing about polo except what you "read". Did you read what I wrote? 40 in handicap vs. 14??? Very high handicap compared to what???? What are you talking about? The event is held under that handicap because if not, Argentina win every tournament! I can't explain what handicap is. It obvious that this info is not in the "governing body, the Federation of International Polo". They just can put this, cause everybody who loves polo know it!. Just keep with this article, I will not waste more time. Sorry for being rude.--Lucio Garcia 21:14, 26 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucio Garcia (talk • contribs)
 * Lucio, what Dana is saying is that you need to FOOTNOTE. Please read WP:CITE to see what she is trying to say.  We have to cite to verifiable sources.  This is an encyclopedia, that's all.  Montanabw (talk) 22:20, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Look spanish wiki version of the articles and this 2 links too: —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucio Garcia (talk • contribs) 19:22, 28 July 2009 (UTC) , 

--Lucio Garcia 19:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Better Players: 

Bigger events: 

Latest BIG event on polo: —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucio Garcia (talk • contribs) 14:58, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

The area of playing field
The playing field is 300 yards long by 160 yards wide, the approximate area of nine American football fields?

since 300 yards = 274 m, and 160 yards = 146 m. so the square is = 40.004 m2

American football is played on a field 360 by 160 feet (109.7 m × 48.8 m) is = 5390 m2

so the polo field is only about 7,5 times of american football field. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.136.88.226 (talk) 16:21, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, so it's REALLY "approximate!" LOL!  Feel free to fix!   Montanabw (talk) 17:24, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Argentina
Hey guys should't be a section about the contemporary sports or at least a mention on the total dominance of the sports by Argentina...

The (by far) most important tournaments are held in Argentina, Of the top 40 players in the world 99% are argentinians

etc etc... 190.246.175.203 (talk) 21:13, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Check this link where you can see that the best tournaments are held in Argentina. http://www.worldpolotour.com/tournaments.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.161.10.253 (talk) 12:50, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

The major Polo Torunaments acording to World Polo Tour (source http://www.worldpolotour.com/tournaments.htm ):

1) Campeonato Abierto Argentino de Polo 2) Campeonato Abierto de Hurlingham 3) Campeonato Abierto de Tortugas Country Club

All of them are held in Argentina and the teams require a minimum of 28 goals to participate. Sources: http://argentinapololounge.com/el-abierto-argentino-de-polo/?lang=es http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_(deporte) http://argentinapololounge.com/el-abierto-argentino-de-polo/?lang=es http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campeonato_Abierto_de_Hurlingham

Continuing the list: 4) Queens Cup Held in the UK (22 goals maximum per team) Source: http://www.polohorse.info/polo-news/british-queen-cup.html

5)USPA Gold Cup Held in the US (26 goals maximum per team)

6)Cámara de Diputados Cup Held in Argentina (24 to 28 goals) http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=116485

It is clear that the best tournaments are in Argentina. The only tournaments in the world that require a minimum of 28 goals to participate are in argentina. Something intresting to say aswell is that there has been an 80 goals official match played between Ellerstina and La Dolfina played recently in the Abierto de Hurlingham. Source: http://www.canchallena.com/1190460 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.214.35.58 (talk) 06:55, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

We are talking in the same language that you. THANKS! --Lucio Garcia 15:02, 13 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucio Garcia (talk • contribs)

First club
"The first polo club was established in the town of Silchar in Assam, India, in 1834." But a few paragraphs alter, the article says that the first club was founded in the same year in Calcutta. This needs to be cleared up.Kdammers (talk) 03:12, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Also the oldest field and origin of the sport is not at all clear. In the beginning it says Persia (Iran) is the founding nation through training cavalry, but later on Manipur is mentioned as the region with the oldest polo grounds. Anyone who knows anything about this or knows how to put up a wiki-marker (the one that says it needs to be cleaned up, and the one that warn about the unreliabilitiy) on the article header? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luffarfarfar (talk • contribs) 20:26, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Mallet use
ISTR that there is a rule where when making a hit towards the rear, a polo rider may not raise the head of the mallet above the head of the horse. That's to prevent the mallet striking and injuring the horse, especially to prevent eye injuries. Bizzybody (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:05, 12 October 2010 (UTC).

Origin
"polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the king's guard or other elite troops." In "The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World by Brian M. Fagan", it was described that it originated from the hunt: the wooden hammers come from the clubs used during hunting. 91.182.251.170 (talk) 13:52, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Lack of Rules
Reading in the article, I was looking for some kind of rule section with information on what players can do (like with what can they touch the ball) and can't do, but the closest thing I got was the game section, without much detailed information on polo rules at all. Kolrok (talk) 15:23, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Shouldn't the beginning of the article read "The sport of kings" instead of "The king of sports"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.136.162 (talk) 11:42, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Unreferenced
It kills me to remove some of the unref'd sections......as most of them are written pretty well......but they are unreferenced. --Bddmagic (talk) 20:10, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * a bunch of stuff got chopped out here (diff) by the last edit but both versions contain some merit.

Looks like most of it is unsourced in both cases. The article should probably get a big rewrite - cutting all the unsourced stuff and dumping it on the talk page or similar - so that it doesn't need to be written out again, and then if someone can find sources then it's easier to add it back in with sources. I've not got time at the moment but I might come back and be rather bold in little while. EdwardLane (talk) 16:09, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Chuckers
In section "Polo Ponies", the citation to "glossary" (#29) < "Glossary". Fippolo.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012. >, does not seem to exist... 71.139.166.86 (talk) 18:39, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

County Polo
The last paragraph in the County Polo section ("County Polo has had a resurgence...) is so poorly written and punctuated as to be impossible to make sense of.

Section on polo in the United States could also stand rewriting for clarity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.101.134.99 (talk) 13:46, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

And why is that section a subsection of The field ? --Jerome Potts (talk) 22:44, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Polo Magazine
The earliest of all the polo magazines ever published is unknown as reports and references can not be verified. However it appears over the last 200 years there has been a plethora of newsletters and magazine's come and go about the sport but most only lasting a year or two. Titles such as Club Polo, India circa 1892, The Sportsman USA 1927, Polo South West Polo USA circa 1938., Play Polo, USA circa 1952 name only a few. The oldest current magazine on the sport in circulation today is singularly called 'POLO' and according to its own figures hit its first million print run readership circulation in 1998. Referencing an email received by the author 26th August 2014 from the editorial department of the glossy quarterly POLO Magazine, its trademark ownership can be verified back to 1983. The Editorial team at POLO Magazine kindly pointed me to further research '. . . although we are POLO Magazine and have been in continuous publication under the POLO Masthead, you may find interest in the well respected Polo Players Editon Journal edited by Amy Shinitzki well before our POLO Magazine trademark.' I found the current journal Polo Players Editon although not a glossy magazine format more a journal newsletter style it can indeed be verified to have been started in 1974 called Polo News and then in 2001 changed its name to its current title Polo Players Edition. There are conflicting reports whether or not Ms Shinitzki was the founding editor as a newsletter was produced by the United States Polo Association reportedly for 14 issues before Ms Shinitzki took the reins and changed it into a periodical newsletter. However it is clear Polo Players Edition is the oldest current periodical about the sport and POLO Magazine is the oldest and only magazine called POLO in current circulation. Henry Roebuck — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.177.118 (talk) 05:33, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

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Contemporary sport
"Polo is unique among team sports in that amateur players, often the team patrons, routinely hire and play alongside the sport's top professionals."

This is not unique. This is also how yacht racing works. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.177.82 (talk) 20:44, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Leather Balls and 3,000-Year-Old Pants
3 leather balls were found in different graves in Yanghai and two were marked with red crosses. The Yanghai Tombs are in the arid Turpan basin, and thousands of graves remain unexcavated. These were AMS radiocarbon dated to the time interval between 1189 and 911 BCE (95% probability), and thus predate other currently known antique balls and images of ball games in Eurasia by several centuries. I think this discovery makes us rethink polo origin. Jit.cuet (talk) 16:36, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

UNESCO
Hi all people. The polo(chogan چوگان) called Iran in UNESCO was registered worldwide. Done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by میرسلوک غدیری قزوینی (talk • contribs) 20:18, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Hey - UNESCO specifically stated 'chovgan', not 'polo'. Polo is the name of the variation of the game played in the western world and it seems to have its immediate origins from the variation played in Manipur. Many variations of this horse-riding game have been played throughout time by different countries. Chovgan already has its own Wikipedia article which you can find here. I would encourage you to add your information on Iran on that page, as swamping this article with displaced references to Iran makes it a poor quality article. 86.30.66.111 (talk) 22:08, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

The Chogan or Polo called Iran in UNESCO was registered worldwide
This essay is based on the base of the Achaemenids - Iran or Persia, and is from the earliest speech of this article. Chogan is Origin name for polo in history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by میرسلوک غدیری قزوینی (talk • contribs) 13:21, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

@میرسلوک غدیری قزوینی The etymology of the word polo does not derive from chogan but if you can provide proof I am happy to change it.

In any case, I think the article as it is now is a compromise and I think we can agree that it’s much more objective than before? The current article shows that the first recorded tournament was in Persia - Iran, with its ultimate origins further north. This is in line with the sources provided.

If you disagree with the information, please discuss it with me here before reverting the article. Thanks. Tomas990 (talk) 00:17, 13 December 2017 (UTC) You can easily change the article base and bully yourself. This article has been the same for many years. Polo is solely owned by Iran or Persia. The result of the magnificent ancient culture and civilization Persia. Do you read resources and references? How did this article change overnight? Where have you been to this before? If you are saddened by the Universal Polo Register in Iran, protest at UNESCO in the criticism section or protest with Twitter. Thankful. Tomas990 (talk)میرسلوک غدیری قزوینی (talk) 08:12, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

You have reverted my edits 5 times without providing a counter ref that I could check. You are taking this too personally and it’s affecting the objectivity of the article. I read the original article which stated in very certain terms that Iran invented polo, but on reading the citations in support of this claim, it appeared that this was not the case. We need to put what the sources say. Two of the additional sources I provided are published books on the history of Asian sport, and polo in particular, and they do seem like interesting and reliable sources to include in the origins section. You did not explain why you removed these sources for the 3rd(?) time. Unfair that the progress of this article is being blocked because of a petty desire to monopolise a sport. Tomas990 (talk) 22:53, 13 December 2017 (UTC)