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Polo in WA is played at various levels. Contrary to belief that it is elitist, probably 50% of polo played in this state is at a fairly basic level. A basic level of polo requires one or two horses, either home bred or bought off the race track for $500 - $600, probably a horse float, a saddle, a stick or two, boots and a helmet. This level of polo is played on any reasonably flat field and is relatively inexpensive to play. Nearly all polo played in the bush is of this nature. Clubs like Kojonup, Walkaway and Foothills provide regular polo at this level.

From the basic level, polo playing can rapidly escalate to “full polo addiction”. Full polo addiction requires you to have at least four horses, better wit six plus at a cost of $5000 to $20000 each, saddles for each horse, a dedicated horse box, full time polo groom and a fairly full wallet. This level of polo is said to be on a par with running a 30ft pleasure boat.

Clubs that cater for this level are centred around Perth. There is the Perth Polo Club at Guildford, the Serpentine Polo Club at Serpentine and Moondyne, the Stowe family’s private polo club. A surprising variety of people play polo including accountants, doctors, dentists, businessmen, builders, truck drivers, farmers, real estate agents, students and the list goes on. The two first mentioned clubs welcome new players, complete novices can be catered for with quiet, well schooled horses available for hire. Polo is a great game for people who still relish the full on competitive nature of sport but whose bodies are not quite what they used to be, the horses providing the fresh legs.

Compared to other sports, polo is relatively small in numbers throughout the world and has the advantage that one can generally travel anywhere and play polo. Being able to play polo is recognised as a truly great passport to anywhere in the world. Well known polo players on the world stage include the British Royal Family, not to mention Australia’s own Packer family.

Polo is played in WA between December and April each year. Some of the major tournaments include the Paspaley Pearls Langley Park, the Gooch Cup at Serpentine, the Carpenter Cup at Moondyne and the grande finale the historic Charles Cup at Kings Meadow, Guildford in April.