Barcelona Polo Classic

Reial Club de Polo, Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13

When it comes to sport, things don t come much more spectacular than polo, the hockey on horses that is generally claimed to be one of the oldest sports of all. That isn’t strictly true. polo is just the oldest sport that anybody considered important enough to write about. And you will get few better opportunities to see the sport of kings in the flesh than the Blancpain Polo Classic right here in Barcelona. now in its 39th year and which draws to a close on May 13 Six teams featuring the cream of European and Argentinian talent have been playing in a round-robin league, which concludes on Saturday 12 with the following matches: 11:00 Hackett v Marquard Media 12:30 Sapphire v RCPB Cadillac 14:00 ally v Ruinart Then on Sunday it’s finals day, with the third and fourth place play off at 10.30, the final itself at 12.00 and for some reason, the 5th and 6th place off taking place after the trophy presentations, starting at 13,45.