Welcome to the Sarasota Polo Club
Polo is a community sport like no other. The Sarasota Polo Club is one of the largest, most dedicated and enthusiastic polo communities in the world. An estimated 50,000 spectators will be on hand during our 2026 Season here at the Sarasota Polo Club.
Thank you for joining us for the 2025 Season of Sarasota Polo! Stay tuned for information regarding our 2026 Season.
upcoming event schedule
Our 2025 Season will kick off Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 and continue through Sunday, April 27th, 2025. Sunset Polo Happy Hour will run every Thursday from March 13th, 2025 through April 10th, 2025. We look forward to welcoming you as our guests to experience the thrill of the Sarasota Polo Club, “the fastest game on four feet!”
About Our Club
Established in 1991 as the first development in the award-winning, master-planned community of Lakewood Ranch, the Sarasota Polo Club has a remarkable legacy. In 1922, the property was settled as a 28,000-acre timber ranch
Originally, the cowboys who worked on the ranch began playing knock around polo games in their free time. Riding their quarter horses with stock saddles, using make-shift equipment and knowing very little about polo, the cowboys played by their own rules. Rule #1 was the first rider to fall off their horse bought beer for the team, a tradition that remains in place today. Eventually mallets, saddles and a few polo ponies were donated to the “cowboy games” and, in 1991, a real polo club was born – the Sarasota Polo Club.
Today, the Sarasota Polo Club spans 170 acres. Our world-class facilities include 45 privately-owned equestrian estates, 7 Bermuda grass polo fields, a regulation-sized polo arena, a half-mile all-weather exercise track, dedicated stick & ball fields, the Sarasota Polo School, on-site stabling and paddocks available for rental and more.
About Our Sport
There is nothing else like it. Polo is an exhilarating exhibition of teamwork and coordination between horse and rider. What other competitive team sport requires you to whack a ball, maneuvering your way through a cluster of thundering hooves, one hand gripping your reins, one hand hoisting your mallet, all while racing full-out, balancing on the back of a powerful horse? Welcome to Polo.
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Learn to Play Polo
If you watch polo as a spectator, you may find the idea of learning to play daunting. Nevertheless, polo can be enjoyed by everyone – both men and women of any age. A passion for learning something new and exciting is all that one needs in order to start playing the sport of polo. The Sarasota Polo Club offers the Sarasota Polo School year-round, a unique program enabling people of all ages and abilities to learn to play polo – or even just learn to ride. Students will learn basic horsemanship, swing mechanics, rules of the game and, most importantly, have fun!
Meet Our
players
We Salute our Players! Through their dedication and commitment to the sport, the Sarasota Polo Club is able to provide our community with the most exhilarating sport played today.