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Dear Guests, Welcome to Jodhpur, a city synonymous with polo, for the fourth British Polo Day India, presented by Land Rover in association with Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces. Lord Louis Mountbatten played his first game of polo in Jodhpur when he accompanied Edward, The Prince of Wales, on his 1921-1922 tour of India and the Far East. Mountbatten had to step in at the last minute to replace an injured player and although he only hit the ball three or four times he wrote in his diary: I’ve gone absolutely dippy about polo, which in my opinion is the best game in the world.” He in turn, taught his nephew, Prince Philip, who taught his son, Prince Charles, who in turn taught Princes William and Harry. This is just one example of the many ways that India and Great Britain have been connected with polo ever since the revival of the sport in the nineteenth century. The seeds of polo in Jodhpur were sown in 1889 when Sir Pratap Singh, younger brother of the Maharaja and Prime Minister of Jodhpur State, invited Col. Stuart Beatson of the Bengal Lancers to help him raise the Jodhpur Lancers. Polo was played for the first time here and we are delighted to be continuing that tradition with the British Army team once again playing the President’s Bodyguard. Another key fixture this weekend is Eton v Mayo College. Eton’s connection with India goes back centuries. Eleven viceroys of India have been educated at Eton as well as five Governor-Generals and three High Commissioners, and of course, His Highness The Maharaja Gaj Singh II Of Marwar-Jodhpur whose kind patronage of this event we are indebted to. Mayo College is also known as the “Eton of India” and has a long friendship with its British counterpart. The third match sees Oxbridge travelling out to play Jodhpur. His Highness matriculated from Oxford and we welcome these three teams that have such strong connections with India and Jodhpur. New for this year, we are delighted to host a fourth fixture featuring The Sahara Warriors and a second Jodhpur team. We thank all our partners for making it possible and hope, above all, that you have a great weekend!
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2.00pm : Gates Open 3.00pm : Brompton Bicycle Polo Match : British Exiles vs. Commonwealth 4.00pm : Oxbridge Polo Team vs. Jodhpur Polo Team I 5.00pm : Prize-Giving 8.00pm : Umaid Bhawan Palace Drinks Party
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2.00pm : Gates Open 2.15pm : Brompton Bicycle Polo Match : Cavalry vs. Guards 4.00pm : The Sahara Warriors vs. Jodhpur Polo Team II 3.30pm : High Tea 5.00pm : The British Army vs. The President’s Bodyguard 6.00pm : Prize-Giving & The Royal Salute 9.00pm : Reception & Fashion Show at The Umaid Bhawan Palace Live Auction for the benefit of
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1. HH Maharaja Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur (-2)
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The Oxford University Polo Club was founded in 1874, three years after the introduction of polo to Britain, by undergraduates from Christ Church and Brasenose Colleges, led by Mr. Walter Long (later Viscount Long of Wraxall and First Lord of the Admiralty). The first match was held on the 1st of July 1877, and was contested by its two founding Colleges amid considerable pomp and ceremony. The great success of that day encouraged the players to establish a Varsity match with the Cambridge University Polo Club. This Varsity match is the oldest polo fixture in the western world and was first played at the Bullingdon Cricket Ground in Oxford on the 27th of November 1878. It is also the oldest continuing polo fixture in the western world. During the late sixties and early seventies, polo at Oxford enjoyed a purple patch, winning the annual match eight times in a row.
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In 1889, Sir Pratap Singh, younger brother of the then Maharaja and Prime Minister of Jodhpur State, invited Col. Stuart Beatson of the Bengal Lancers to help him raise the Jodhpur Lancers. It was with the Englishman that polo came to Jodhpur in its modern form. Only four years later, the Jodhpur Team brought home its first trophy, The Rajputana Challenge Cup of 1893. In 1897, when Sir Pratap traveled to London for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, he took his polo team along, the finest Indian team during those years. The Jodhpur team went from success to success and in February 1922, Jodhpur beat Patiala in Delhi to become champions of all India. It was a match often described as the finest ever. A crowd of over a hundred and fifty thousand people, which included the future King-Emperor, the Viceroy, Sir Pratap himself, and fifty Maharajas watched spellbound. Crushed by defeat, the magnificent Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, let his horses loose in the crowded by-lanes of the capital and ordered his team to burn their sticks. They never entered the field again‌
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T E A M S - m ayo c o l l e g e 52
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Mayo College was founded by the 6th Earl of Mayo, who was Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872. The founder’s intention was to create an Eton of India and it has fulfilled those ambitions creating one of the most exclusive private boarding schools in India. The 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India, said in a speech on campus in 1879: “What was most needed for the education of India’s young rulers and nobles was an Indian Eton. Ajmer is India’s Eton and you are India’s Eton boys.” To this day the Rajasthan school maintains an exchange programme under which Mayo pupils study at Eton and Etonians spend gap-year time teaching at Mayo. The famous Mayo Coat of Arms was composed from the design furnished by Mr. Lockwood Kipling, a former Principal of the School of Arts, Lahore and father of the famous Rudyard Kipling. Mayo College has always produced strong polo players, including Lokendra Singh Ghanerao, Captain of the Indian Polo Team at the World Cup and Apji Vijai Singh who represented India in Polo tournaments in Australia, Brunei, Nigeria and USA. equine community.
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Sahara Warriors is a leading professional polo outfit comprising of some of the best polo players from India and is owned by Sahara India Pariwar. Sport has always been central to Sahara’s philosophy and way of life. The team is based out of Jaipur where it has its own polo facility including a polo ground and string of over thirty six horses most of which are imported from argentina and england. The team is happy to let its polo infrastructure being used by guests \ visiting foreign players & teams. Sahara Warriors are the current National Champions having won the India Open Polo Championships. The team is Captained by leading Indian player Samir Suhag and is Managed by Vikram Rathore who is also an Ambassador from India to the Federation of International Polo (FIP).
SAHARA WARRIORS
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The President’s Bodyguard is an elite household cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. It is senior-most in the order of precedence of the units of the Indian Army. The primary role of the President’s Bodyguard is to escort and protect the President of India which is why the regiment is based in the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, India. It is equipped as a mounted unit, with horses for ceremonies at the presidential palace and BTR-60 vehicles for use in combat. The personnel of the regiment are also trained as paratroopers and nominally are expected to lead in airborne assaults in the role of pathfinders. The President’s Bodyguard was raised by Governor Warren Hastings in Sep, 1773. Hastings handpicked 50 troopers from the ‘Moghal Horse’, which was raised in 1760 by local sirdars, Sirdars Mirza Shahbaz Khan & Sirdar Khan Tar Beg. In the same year, Raja Cheyt Singh of Benaras provided another 50 troopers that took the strength of the unit to 100. The first commander of the unit was Capt. Sweeny Toone, an officer of the Honourable East Indian Company (HEIC).
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Polo is perhaps the oldest game in the world – having been played over 2500 years ago - and is truly international. The name polo is said to have been derived from the Tibetan word “pulu”, meaning ball.
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The modern game of polo, though formalised and popularised by the British, is derived from Manipur (now a state in India) when British tea planters discovered the game in Manipur (Munipoor) on the Burmese border with India and established the first polo club in the world at Silchar, west of Manipur in 1862. In 1869, Edward “Chicken” Hartopp, 10th Hussars, read an account of the game in The Field, while stationed at Aldershot, and, with brother officers, organised the first game known then as “hockey on horseback”- on a hastily-rolled Hounslow Heath against The 9th Lancers. The 1st Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards were quick to follow suit on grounds at Hounslow and in Richmond Park; and then on a small ground near Earl’s Court known as Lillie Bridge. The first polo club in England was Monmouthshire, founded by Capt. Francis “Tip” Herbert, 7th Lancers, at his brother’s seat, Clytha Park, near Abergavenny in 1872.
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Chadwick Delaney Partner - Justerini & Brooks Chadwick heads fine wine merchant Justerini & Brooks, which has been supplying domaine, estate and château-bottled wines from its outstanding portfolio since 1749. He has built cellars for some of the foremost collectors in the world. This is rooted in trusted relationships with both the estates that Justerini & Brooks represents, and with his private clients - fine wine collectors that range from renowned international business leaders to members of the British aristocracy. He is primarily based at Justerini & Brooks’ St James’s Street premises in London, but is as likely to be found visiting customers all around the world, tasting in a cellar in Burgundy, or just perhaps escaping to the mountains with a pair of skis. HH Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur
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Player - Mayo College HH Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur has been working with horses since a young age taking part in show jumping competitions. However, his polo career only began two years ago, at the age of 14, in Argentina. It was not until this summer that he started taking polo seriously and played his first competitive tournaments in England and Germany. This year marks his first official polo season in India. His Highness has previously represented and led his school to success at The National Championship in his native India. He currently plays for Millfield Polo Team in England and is looking forward to the upcoming season.
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Vikram Rathore Manager & Player - Sahara Warriors Vikram Rathore is the Manager of Sahara Warrior’s which is one of the leading polo teams from India. Vikram is a Polo Ambassador from India to the Federation of International Polo, a former Indian Army Officer who has played polo across the globe including USA, England, France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Malta, Switzerland, Argentina, Malaysia, Indonesia & Hawaii. He is also the Polo Captain of Calcutta Polo Club - the Oldest Polo Club in the World & was the Convenor of this Clubs 150 year celebrations in 2011. Vikram is currently in the process of renovating a family owned Fort & Palace in Jaipur into India’s first Luxury Heritage Polo Hotel.
Lanto Sheridan Player - Eton & Oxbridge Polo Team Lanto Sheridan started playing polo when he was just 9 years old in The Pony Club for The Crawley and Horsham. He played for Eton and turned professional after he left school. For 5 years He played all around the world for teams in New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Barbados and Dubai. Lanto’s home club in the UK is Cowdray Park. For the last 7 years He has played for Charles and Lila Pearson’s Cowdray team, and is currently in his final year at Oxford studying law, but tries not to let that stop him playing as much polo as possible!
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Estimated Value : $400 USD Key Facts - Created as a new permanent reference to mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of Royal Salute. - Inspired by the sapphire, emerald and ruby flagons of 21 year old, The Diamond Tribute creates a new jewel in the range based on the most precious of gems – the diamond. - Crafted from whiskies aged 21 year old and above including some casks from the Royal Salute Vault at Strathisla where the rarest and most precious aged casks are carefully watched over. - The rich blue glaze porcelain flagon is branded with an etched metal plaque and finished with a powerful stopper into which a crystal gem is embedded. Tasting Notes - Nose: Concentrated rich fruit aromas of peaches and, complimented by a sensation of sherry and a wonderful spicy liquorice tang. - Taste: Full and exceptionally sweet echoing the taste. Rich creamy toffee flavours intermingled with juicy moist raisins. - Finish: Very long and sweet with a luscious warmth. www.royalsalute.com
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Estimated Value : $1200 USD The Brompton is a bike which rides superbly, is safe, agile and fast, yet folds easily and quickly into a highly-compact and portable package. The result is a vehicle that increases your sense of freedom and independence. Finely-engineered and elegant, the Brompton has a full-sized frame, made mainly of steel for strength and stiffness. It is designed to be practical and light enough to be genuinely portable; actual weight depends on model and configuration, but ranges from 9 – 12½ kg (20 – 28lbs). Brompton weights are true weights; unlike most bike manufacturers, we include the weight of mudguards, pedals, etc. in our figures – if it’s on the bike, we weigh it. The combination of a rigid frame and accurate alignment makes for efficient transmission of your energy and a lively, first-rate ride; countless owners use them on long journeys and for touring and many prefer the ride of a Brompton to that of conventional bikes. This lot offers the chance for the winning bidder to bespoke his or hers Brompton bike to suit their individual needs! www.brompton.com
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Estimated Value : $2000 USD In 2013 British Polo Day hosted His Highness Gaj Singh II of Marwar-Jodhpur as well as his Jodhpur Team for The Inaugural British Polo Day Charity Cup. The Schwarzenbach family kindly hosts this annual leg at the home of the Black Bears, one of the most successful British polo teams of all time. Just outside Henley, it is the most spectacular and private polo estate in the country. British Polo Day is an invitation only gathering point that is now a truly global network. With all countries now oversubscribed, due to a determination to keep each leg pegged at a capacity that encourages an interesting and fun gathering in each case, these seats will only prove harder and harder to come by. These two guests are eligible to attend next year’s event, which is currently scheduled to be held on Saturday 20th June. www.britishpoloday.com
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Estimated Value : $8000 USD A London expereince like no other for 4 guests - A one hour shooting lesson at the Holland & Holland shooting grounds and Justerini & Brooks’ Dinner. Since 1880, the Holland & Holland Shooting Ground have offered unrivalled facilities for the sporting Gun. Set in sixty acres of rolling woodland and open countryside, just 17 miles from Central London, the Grounds combine rural tranquility with instructors that between them - can boast over 100 years of expertise covering all requirements. An hour-long shooting lesson/competition for 4 will be followed by afternoon tea in the club house. Justerini & Brooks was founded in 1749 and very quickly gained a reputation for both quality and service, a reputation that has been maintained ever since. First awarded the Royal Warrant by King George III in 1761, we are proud to have been granted this honour by every successive monarch since, including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A visit to our St James’s Street office will impart some of this history from the last 265 years. We have a small working cellar housing some of the world’s oldest and rarest wines and a dining room that has hosted many notable individuals. This dinner is an opportunity to enjoy fine food and superbly matched wines alongside Justerini & Brooks Managing Director Chadwick Delaney, and a small selection of British Polo Day guests. It goes without saying that you’ll also participate in the legendary Justerini & Brooks port game! www.hollandandholland.com / www.justerinis.com
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Estimated Value : $15,000+ USD Kindly Donated by Nihiwatu for the benefit of all charities Nihiwatu is an award winning, luxury intimate island resort on the edge of wildness, where ancient tribal culture uniquely forms the backdrop to some of the most extraordinary experiences on land, by sea and immersed in the local culture and tradition. The resort, located on the island of Sumba, is an outpost to sandal wood stables, Sumba Swords Beach Polo Club, world-class surfing, the best sport fishing in Indonesia, hiking through breath taking waterfalls, ancient villages, and butterfly trails. All suites and villas are the epitome of understated luxury; spacious outdoor living areas, sandy-floored bathrooms with an open-air concept and private pools, with spectacular views of the azure Indian Ocean. The emphasis is living that reflects the simplicity and beauty of Sumbanese architecture. www.nihiwatu.com
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