With the very best days of summer time forward, so too is New Zealand’s prime polo occasion to be held on Sunday, February 18 at Auckland Polo Membership in Clevedon.
Thought to be the Polo World Cup of Australasia, the New Zealand Polo Open is the nation’s largest and best polo event.
Six groups will compete from February 13 with the purpose to safe their place within the forty seventh NZ Polo Open Ultimate, set to a appeal to a crowd of greater than 4000 spectators.
Together with New Zealand’s polo expertise taking to the sector, professionals will fly in for the occasion from polo hubs, Argentina, England and Australia.
Discipline-side there will probably be loads of polo sideline motion.
In a take a look at of horsepower, Archibald & Shorter Auckland will probably be placing their prime automobile to the take a look at towards one of many polo ponies, within the annual Automobile v Horse race.
For these fast on their ft to check their very own horsepower, there will probably be 100m dashes on the polo discipline with the quickest awarded for his or her velocity.
It wouldn’t be a New Zealand Polo Open with out the trendy placing their greatest catwalk ft ahead.
The stakes are excessive for Remix Style at Polo, with an opportunity for the very best dressed to win some nice prizes.
Judges Amber Baker, Remix, Sally Richardson, Cable (Melbourne) and Robert Niwa, Crane Brothers, will probably be crowning the winners.
This 12 months the occasion may have an thrilling worldwide edge with New Zealand Polo Open partnering with two famend European manufacturers.
With a Spanish twist and for friends who take pleasure in a refreshing beer, America’s Cup and Emirates Workforce NZ Companion, Estrella Damm, will probably be on supply.
From Provence, Whispering Angel, the world’s primary luxurious rosé model would be the rosé of the occasion and host to the stylish Whispering Angel VIP Polo Membership.
For the celebs of the present, the polo ponies, the NZ Polo Open has joined with Love Racing in a particular animal welfare and rehoming collaboration and the very best enjoying rehomed thoroughbreds will probably be rewarded with prize cash.
The event will see greater than 100 thoroughbred horses on the sector who’ve discovered their second careers in polo.
The distinctive potential and suppleness of this athletic breed is what makes New Zealand polo ponies so revered on the worldwide stage and considered the very best on the earth.
Govt director of NZ Polo Open, Lucy Ainsley says they’re very a lot trying ahead to the occasion subsequent month.
“The work behind the scenes over the previous 12 months goes to ship a unbelievable worldwide polo expertise,” Ainsley says.
“We’ve got some distinctive polo groups with some nice abroad gamers. Our companions for 2024 are concerned with the highest polo occasions all through the world. Sunday, February 18 might probably be the very best day of summer time!”
Be in to win two double passes to the New Zealand Polo Open. Go surfing right here and enter your particulars. Entries shut 5pm, January 22.