polo -
A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
polo -
A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. The traditional sport of polo is played at speed on a large grass field up to 300 yards in length, and each polo team consists of four riders and their mounts.