Prof. Sam Lawler

Today I randomly stumbled up on a full-on polo tournament in Christchurch. With spectators wearing fancy clothes! WHAT.

I got there right at a break, and stuck around to watch a bit of the game (it was easy to watch through the fence, even if you weren't wearing fancy clothes like apparently you have to do to watch from the sidelines). After the game started back up, they played for 5 min before 2 people fell off their horses and one of them got taken off the field in an ambulance. Yikes.

Feb 21 at 3:29amWeb
Show threadRaglan Niall  Feb 21
@sundogplanets yes we have posh people in NZ too!
Show threadBrantley HarrisFeb 21
@sundogplanets Ask me anything about polo. My family on both sides played polo in the middle of rural Ohio. Falling off a horse is not a regular event but it’s a very dangerous sport, that’s for sure.
Show threadBrantley HarrisFeb 21
@sundogplanets also it can get real posh. But also surprisingly… not at all.
Show threadProf. Sam LawlerFeb 21
@deadwisdom It definitely looked like not NEARLY enough safety equipment for how fast and rough that was!
Show threadBrantley HarrisFeb 21
@sundogplanets Yeah, it can get intense at some of the tournaments, but mostly the riders are way more secure than they look. The horses generally take good care of them.
Show threadSupermoosieFeb 21

@sundogplanets

The main purpose of the game of Polo is of course, to socialise and make more friends, that can be leveraged to make more money.

Show threadEsslar2Feb 21
@sundogplanets When I was a kid, my parents dragged me to a polo match. I guess they were social climbing or something. Anyway, it was just bizarre and I really couldn't see the point of it. I only remember it because it was so weird!
Show threadEdmundo VentoleraFeb 21
@sundogplanets What an amazing country New Zealand is, with a culture that reminds the rest of us of happier times.
And an immigration problem that increases inequality from the top.
Show threadBashStKidFeb 21
@sundogplanets Polo doesn’t have a graceful failure mode.