I went to my first polo match on Sunday, a perfectly sunny day with a refreshing breeze. I even got to stomp the divits back in a la Julia Robert in Pretty Woman! Before the match we drove around the field in the Open Horse Parade. The carriages were supposed to carry the dignataries from the match sponsors, but there were more carriages than dignataries so I got to ride instead. I thought it was fun to get to dress up and lounge around at a polo match, but I probably would get bored with it after the initial excitement of everything being new. I did learn about polo, though. There's 4 riders on each team and they try to score goals by getting a ball through two posts using mallets. A game is six chukkars long and a chukkar is 7 minutes. There are 3 minutes between chukkars when the riders change horses. Each horse usually only plays for one chukkar since it is super hard and they tire out, so each player has 6-8 horses at the match.

Now I have said goodbye to the Heyvaerts and am back in Cable.