The Sport Of Kings

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.

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!