Polo is a world of its own. Those who do not involve themeselves in it tend to think of it as a cruel sport. those of us who are in it know that these horses are some of the most well taken care of athletes. People who want to get into polo, need to understand that this is an expensive sport. Not in the way that it is full of luxuries, but in the way that in order to play a proper game with a well maintained mount requires constant maintenence for the horse, the truck, the trailer, the tack...I think that down here, a lot of people are led to believe that if you have the money, you can play. But there is so much more to it than that.