Last weekend, July 13-14, the Dorset coastline welcomed 10,000 people at the largest beach polo event in the world. Now in its 11th year, the British Beach Polo Championship 2018 is a potent combination of fast action, gladiatorial horse polo, beach rugby, glamour, and decadent parties on the platinum beaches of the south coast. Spectators watched the professionals up close and personal as they maneuvered their athletic polo ponies with agility and power. There were four competitive polo teams playing while simultaneously demonstrating spectacular horsemanship on the sand as they competed for the title of British Beach Polo Champion 2018. The winning team, Koh Thai Team, made up of John
Didier Deschamp's French team beat Croatia 4-2 to win the World Cup. Deschamps is one of only several coaches to boast a World Cup title as a former player and as a coach. Nineteen-year old Kylian Mbappe shone on the French team throughout the matches.
Third-generation polo champion Malcolm Borwick is the world polo ambassador for Royal Salute whiskey, whose Royal Salute Cup has raised over $5 million in 10 years for Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale, aiding children in Lesotho and Botswana. We rode up alongside Borwick to talk about the sport of kings and two of its most notable players: Princes William and Harry. Where are the best players coming from? Without a doubt, Argentina. Beginning around 1900, they had everything needed to create a polo dynasty, which was: time, an equine culture, and flat land. Now, if you trace the Argentinean polo culture, it literally goes back to just two families. And in Argentina, if you’re in a polo fam
