Top Nigerian polo clubs you should consider watching the Sport of Kings

I have always perceived the polo game to be a fashionable one. With athletic, strapping looking men clothed in well-tailored light in weight outfit, riding a mix of fast horses and taking swings with their mallets, Polo is indeed a beautiful sport to see.

Habitually played on horsebacks, the team sport’s objective is to score goals against an opposing team on a grass field up to 300 by 160 yards. To win, all they need do is drive a small white ball into the opposing team’s goal using a long-handled mallet.

Polo in Nigeria is well known to be the desired leisure for the wealthiest folks, definitely not a game for ‘all and sundry. And that is why it is referred to as the ‘Sport of Kings’, because of its immense luxury, usually often packed with the crème de la crème. There are over 10 Polo Clubs in Nigeria, but we will be narrowing it down to the very best-known Nigerian polo clubs.

Lagos Polo Club

According to reports, the Lagos club was the origin of polo in Nigeria. It was introduced in the 1900s by British Naval Officers and was played on an airstrip that was shared between the Lagos Polo Club and the Ikoyi Club. Located in the heart of Lagos (Polo road, off Ribadu road, Ikoyi), joining the club you have to be skilled and if you are not, then you must be rich enough to be allowed in. However, the club has preserved the standard of its tournament and facilities and is celebrated for its cordiality.

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Fifth Chukker Polo & Country Club

Fifth Chukker Polo & Country Club is located in KM2, Kaduna-Jos Road, Plateau State. The club was founded in 2001, and it’s recognised as a private-public business that represents the new, in the old world of the equestrian sport of Polo in Nigeria. The club has over four hundred thoroughbred polo ponies stabled in a three thousand hectare resort.

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