Polo Basics:

Polo is a team sport played on horseback, the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. The traditional sport of polo is played on a grass field up to 300 by 160 yards. Each polo team consists of four riders and their mounts. A modern game lasts roughly two hours and is divided into periods called chukkas.