The Polo Experience
Get away from the cold and dreary December weather. Hop on a plane to Argentina. If you have that passion for polo, Palermo is a must. Then continue the fun and go to Rosario Polo Festival. Rosario is about a 3 hour drive from BA.
The Festival carries on the polo rush. I stayed with Nico and Mandy Fontanarrosa at the Rosada at their home. They provide a family polo bed and breakfast. Nico makes sure that all of us get into gear every evening to play Chukkas at La Illusion. This is a nearby upgraded polo farm, where we play evening chukkas with ponies of our choice and a charming group of polo players. You know that Latin thing! What more could a girl want?! After heated Chukkas a dip in the infinity pool, then followed by cocktails and asados.
At the weekends we headed off to the Rosario Polo Festival, which takes place at the Rosario Jockey Club, a beautiful private Country Club with beautiful trees, pools, bars, beautiful polo pitches, where we can enjoy 8-12 goal tournaments. What a blast! Enjoying plenty of polo banter with the old timers, and the new young bloods, fun people, lots of laughs and great empanadas at the club house. This is a very well organised festival, not to be missed.
I have to give thanks to my best buddy Martin Roman and Nico Fontanarrosa for introducing me to this experience. Can’t wait to go back and enjoy polo with my polo pals in Rosario.
Aloha and Chau.
Coco Matthews Team Polo Pirates
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HAM POLO CLUB
Photographer: Celine Genonceau
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