The ultimate game on snow
St. Moritz
is a luxury vacation spot offering spectacular views of some of the very best
snow capped mountains. Home to the St. Moritz Polo World Cup, visitors can
experience an excellent world of the very best sport that is a combination of
elegance, strength, speed and pride and the love of fair play that the British
hold so close.
St. Moritz
Polo World Cup is played on snow and is one of the most excellent and
prestigious of all winter sporting events. A total of four high goal teams take
part in the tournament, some of the very best polo players from around the
world. Here visitors are able to watch and experience polo played at its very
best with a backdrop of stunning luxury scenery. The four teams have handicaps
of between 15 and 18 goals as they battle for the much coveted trophy on the
beautiful frozen lake of St. Moritz.
On this
lake some of the finest nimble polo ponies thunder over the frozen lake ridden
by some of the worlds very best polo players from the UK, Argentina, Chile,
Australia and numerous other countries. The tournament lasts over a period of
four days with two matches of top quality each day. The fourth day of the
tournament is the grand final. It is these high level encounters of course
require the highest concentration possible along with a fitness level of the
very best, endurance and courage. All of these traits are needed by both the
players and the ponies. Due to the special conditions that the snow brings and
the altitude of 1800 meters, this tournament is unlike any other and places
exceptional demands on the pony and rider. Polo in the stunning location of St.
Moritz can be dated back to 1899 and this was one of the first venues in
continental Europe to establish polo playing. The very first polo field was
laid out at St. Moritz Bad after British cavalry officers played the game as
part of training and then as a leisure activity. The field was designed with
the intent of playing the first ever Alpine polo match, however they were given
orders to sail for South Africa before the match could take place.
Following
this interest in the game ended for a time with no further games being played.
In 1959 the St. Moritz Polo Club was founded and in the 60s a major
international tournament was held each summer in St. Moritz. At this time the
luxury event attracted 3000 spectators. In 2005 St. Moritz AG became a limited
company and took over organizing the St. Moritz Polo World Cup on the snow and
brings to you each year stunning Alpine polo matches not to miss!
Official tournament shirts St. Moritz Polo World Cup on Snow
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