We offer students the opportunity to learn polo, horse care, and barn management, as well as the opportunity to meet fantastic alumni and fellow students. About Stanford Polo Club:
The Stanford Polo Club consists of students and faculty associated with Stanford University who learn, practice, play and compete in the sport of polo. The Club mounts both a men’s and women’s intercollegiate polo team
, each of which competes against any of eight other collegiate teams on the west coast and twenty-five other teams across the county. Anyone affiliated with Stanford University is welcome to join the club, ride, and practice with us. Only undergraduates, however, are allowed to compete intercollegiately. Recreationally and professionally polo is most often played on a large grass field that is regulation 300 yards long by 160 yards wide, with four players per team. It’s bigger than nine football fields - three long, three wide. As any grounds keeper responsible for watering and mowing a polo field will tell you, it’s about 11 acres of grass to maintain. Fortunately, intercollegiate polo is not played on such a large grass field, but instead is played in an arena, not unlike a hockey rink with a dirt surface. Three players per side attempt to score on undefended goals located at either end of the regulation 300 foot wide by 100 feet long arena.
