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Polo is a team sport played on horseback. The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small hard white ball into the opposing team 's goal using a long-handled wooden mallet. The modern sport of polo is played on a grass field of 300 by 160 yards (270 by 150 m). Each polo team consists of four riders and their polo ponies.

Arena polo has three players per team and the game usually involves more maneuvering and shorter plays at lower speeds due to space limitations of arenas. Arena polo is played with a small air -filled ball, similar to a small football.

The modern game usually lasts one to two hours and is divided into periods called chukkas (or "chukkers"). Polo is played professionally in 16 countries. Polo was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1936.