Polo Anyone?

Oh, how I love watching polo ~ don't you? If you haven't yet encountered a match, at next opportunity you simply must. It is a fun game, an exciting game. There are horses and handsome riders, there are tailgate parties lining the field -- there is nothing to not like about polo.
This is a charity game we attend in Indianapolis the same weekend every year.

Sometimes the charities are animal related, like dog rescue groups. (That dog, Holly, is hardly in need of rescue.) Once or twice the charity has been Agape, which is a horse riding therapy program for children with neuro-muscular issues like cerebral palsy or children with MS or MD or even autistic children benefit from a horseback riding program.

This year the charity is women's breast and gynecological cancers. They are putting together a women's health symposium of female specific cancers to further the cause and hopefully hurry the cure. This tent, above, is the raffle and silent auction items -- there were weekend getaways, spa retreats, there was local art, carpets, limo date night with dinner and entertainment -- all sorts of fancy stuff was raffled off. the silent auction items were mostly sports related (don't ask me why or how -- something about a shirt signed by Larry Byrd and Jerseys by the Colts and ... ok, my secret is out, I know squat about sports.... I'm under the impression, though, that this was great stuff, jerseys and shoes and tickets, tra-la.

Apparently this is a very big deal on a lot of levels -- the news people come out....

Little children get dressed up . Isn't she just too too cute in her be-ribboned chambray dress and charming cheery pink cowgirl boots?

The reason I get to go is that guy there, Gordon, in the yellow shirt. I've been dating him since... a long long time. He announces this polo match every year and they LOVE him for doing such a spectacular job. He explains the game very clearly --- he explains the rules and how long the chukkers are and the significance of the riders' positions on the field. When there is a penalty on the play he explains why and how. When Gordon announces a game even first timers catch on very quickly. And since he goes to Indy, I get to go to Indy too.

Ahhhhhhhhh, polo... what's not to like?