Word: polos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Nick, who stopped playing varsity hockey mid-way through sophomore year to participate in the polo club’s inaugural season, feels that he has found his calling in a sport where he has not only become the face of a polo dynasty, but the field’s greatest intercollegiate talent and proof of professional-level ability in a college sport that continues to seek greater recognition from schools across the country...
...With the growth in membership this year, the polo team has forged a strong sense of community. “A vast majority of the people are very down-to earth people who like horses,” Nick says. “They’re definitely kids, you know, I’ve got an opportunity to know and hang out with that I probably never would have...
...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...