2000 years of speed, grace and goals
Polo is widely regarded as the oldest game known to man. The origins of the sport stretch so far back that they are lost in the mists of antiquity. History records that the ancient Persians played it 2,500 years ago while the Chinese lay claim to a Polo tradition dating back several thousand years. In all probability these ancient civilizations adopted the sport from the Central Asian nomads who roamed the vast plains of the continent on horse back.
Historical references to Polo date from the reign of Alexander the Great when it served as a training exercise for the Persian cavalry. As Alexander and other conquerors swept across Asia, they carried the game with them and it was in India, six centuries later, that Polo was played for the first time by British tea planters. They in turn brought the sport back to England in 1869 from where the game began its rapid ascent in popularity across the world - an ascent that continues to this day.
