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Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 17 August 2009
Gaucho Manuel prepares a polo horse before a Polo training in Estancia El Rocío.
The Polo is a typical Argentinian team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team.
A game first played in Persia at dates given from the 6th century BC, or much earlier,to the 1st century AD and originated there.
Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the king's guard or other elite troops.
PHOTO: EZEQUIEL SCAGNETTI
Gaucho Manuel prepares a polo horse before a Polo training in Estancia El Rocío.
The Polo is a typical Argentinian team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team.
A game first played in Persia at dates given from the 6th century BC, or much earlier,to the 1st century AD and originated there.
Polo was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the king's guard or other elite troops.
PHOTO: EZEQUIEL SCAGNETTI
