Word: polo
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...Deangelis, the Yale men’s coach, sidles up to Crocker, who stalks about the arena after the game. “He’s the best college polo player right...
...polo community is obsessed with horses in a way that tennis players could never be with their rackets...
...Horses are “so pretty” and “incredible.” As Nick says, “What it all comes down to is your connection with the horse”—the animal is a shared interest that makes the polo community often feel more like an overextended family than a collection of competitive localities...
...first two chukkers, or periods of play, and the other team plays those same six horses in the last two. Because of the idiosyncratic dynamics between horse and rider, the advantage is huge for the home team playing on its own string—the mark of the exceptional polo player is the ability to adapt to any horse...
...when the game begins later that day, Crocker grips the arena net in rapt attention. If you close your eyes and simply listen, you can get a good idea of what’s happening in the polo match: the light pattering of pony feet as they scamper around a throw-in, the thunderous stampeding down the field when everyone is chasing a ball that’s strayed far ahead, or the clanking of mallets and buckling of side boards against horse flesh when the ball falls into the corners...